The Blue School in NYC

This past week I had the opportunity to enjoy a visit to the Big Apple and spent time with David Kelly,director of curriculum, at The Blue School. This amazing school was started by the founders of The Blue Man Group whose creative performances entertain people daily in big cities in the US and around the world. Their dream was to build a school that supported the delevlpment of creative skills and valued problem solving and unique thinking over rote, one size fits all education. the school is located in a renovated building in South Seaport with fantastic views of the Brooklyn Bridge. David has studied Reggio Approach in Italy and was a director of studio teachers at Chicago Commons prior to joining the Blue School. The school reflects Reggio best practices and we exchanged ideas and enjoyed discussing the similarities and differences in our schools. I hope this connection will allow the two schools to share resources and ideas in the future.