How do we maintain focus on open-ended, curiosity-based learning in our current political atmosphere?
As part 2 of the University of Colorado, Denver collaboration with RAFT and HCoL, the exhibit moved to the Downtown Denver Lawrence Street Building of the UCD. Here, among professors and politicians we used the panels and the Hawkins' philosophy as a platform to provoke thoughts about our school systems.
| The opening was strategically timed two weeks before the vote on Amendment 66 . This served as an opportunity to discuss possibilities of what might be within education. *edit - Amendment 66 did not pass in November, 2013 |  |
The panel (from left to right) Cynthia Stevenson, Superintendent JeffCo Public Schools; Jennifer Landrum, President and Chief Executive Officer, Denver Preschool Program; Damion LeeNatali, Political Director, Colorado Commits to Kids Campaign; Ellen Hall, Executive Director, Boulder Journey School and Co-Founder Hawkins Centers of Learning ; Rebecca Kantor, Dean, School of Education and Human Development.
As teh panel discussion developed, it meandered to finances and class sizes. This led us to ask:
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