The context for this entry: Science Leadership Academy Curriculum Summit Briefing Book — (29 page PDF file.)

Tomorrow (actually in about nine hours), forty people will come to the Franklin Institute for our second curriculum summit and our first really big, inclusive one. On a really fun blogosphere connection moment, David Warlick will be giving the keynote address in the morning, and Will Richardson will be there for the morning session. I really can’t think of anyone I’d rather have than David leading off the conference to get folks excited and energized about what is possible.

It really is an exciting meeting of many of the top folks in Philadelphia and many of the people I’ve been lucky enough to work with, dialogue with and just plain know in my ten years in progressive (and technology) education. If all goes well, we’ll come out of it with a road map to September and beyond.

The general framework of the day is that we’re spending the morning looking at curricular issues and spending the afternoon looking at the school life / school governance issues that need to be in place to help us reach those curricular goes. And to that end, I’ve spent a few dozen hours writing up the briefing book for tomorrow’s summit in colaboration with a few Philly folks who were invaluable in the process. And of course, in reality, I’ve spent much more time on it than that, because much of what is in there is a reflection of the writing I do on here… and of what I’ve learned from many of the people attending tomorrow summit… and what I’ve learned from the students I’ve been lucky enough to work with over the years.

For folks who may be interested, I’ve uploaded the briefing book for anyone who may want to take a look at it. I think it is a pretty clear explanation of what we’re up to… what challenges we face… what questions we need to answer and what we hope to accomplish. If not, ask away — all questions at this point force me to further clarify our vision.

I’ll report on the summit this weekend. Enjoy the briefing booklet. As always, feedback is always welcome.