Modern Learning at Dawson: An Opportunity for Differentiation
When I entered the field of education almost 20 years ago, I could never have predicted what awaited me in 2024. Certainly, longstanding joys such as watching new readers crack the phonics code, students mixing paint using a color wheel to make the perfect purple, or Lower School friends passing along a classic joke (“Why couldn’t the skeleton go to the ball?”) are ever present at Dawson. On the other hand, education in 2024 often feels like some kind of voyage into space – leaving the old precepts of teaching and learning to explore the unknown reaches of what students will need to know when they enter the workforce in 10 years, 20 years, and beyond.
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