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While preparing this post, the algorithm shared a video by our friend, the great scientist Stephen Wolfram<\/a>. In the video, Wolfram said<\/a>, \u201cI am always telling young people, if there\u2019s some interesting sort of old person, that you kind of wonder about, try and meet them.\u201d The timing of Stephen’s reminder could not be fortuitous.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stephen Wolfram & my grandson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Old Friends<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Deborah Meier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sylvia Libow<\/a> and I recently made a pilgrimage to visit great friends and wise mentors in the Northeast USA. Amidst the climate of stress and chaos around us, it was soul-affirming to spend time in the company of great and fearless educators so foundational to our work. These education giants should be familiar to those of you who participated in one of our Constructing Modern Knowledge institutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A major motivation for our road trip was visiting 95 years-young Deborah Meier,<\/a> arguably one of the most important public school educators in the world. She is the only school administrator to have been named a MacArthur Genius for her reinvention of urban public education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Visiting with the great Deborah Meier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We were honored to share Ms. Meier as a guest speaker at four CMKs. When Alfie Kohn heard that Debbie was returning to CMK, he asked if he could come hear her speak \u2014 and then introduced her as well. Deborah Meier, one of our greatest progressive educators, is the author of countless books and articles, but three books are essential:<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n