Tonight I have the wonderful opportunity to host a conversation with two mentors of mine, Chenxing Han and Nicole Brittingham Furlonge. We'll be talking about listening, learning, leadership, and loss. Please join us for this wonderful event!
klingensteincenter.org/events/nicole-…

This is the first poem that appears in my new book, Above Ground. I’ve been thinking a lot about the simultaneity of the human experience. How joy sits alongside sorrow. How wonder sits alongside despair. How we carry all of it all at once.

The Tripitaka Koreana - carved on 81258 woodblocks in the 13th century - is the most successful large data transfer over time yet achieved by humankind. 52 million characters of information, transmitted over nearly 8 centuries with zero data loss - an unequalled achievement. 1/

A hierarchy of alienness: Pictures of animals from least to most related to you.

Least-related animal: Sponges. You and sponges are both animals. That's basically all you've got in common.

Thank you for the opportunity to share our research with #ksi22 ! It was an honor to be back and engage with the thoughtful, diverse cohort. Klingenstein Center

Huge thanks to Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil, deputy editor NBC Asian America, for this vibrant and engaging Tricycle: The Buddhist Review piece on listening and learning from local Buddhists, featuring students Phillips Academy and Andy Housiaux Tang Institute ☸️💛🙏tricycle.org/trikedaily/bud…

This spring, an innovative new course at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA taught high schoolers about the diversity of Buddhism in the US, but outside the classroom. Learn more about the course, co-taught by Chenxing Han and Andy Housiaux, here! tricy.cl/3O0Un0U

Last week, driving to temple w/ Andy Housiaux & the Phillips Academy Tang Institute students of Listening to the Buddhists in Our Backyard, I had a piercing conversation w/ Elizabeth Dias The New York Times. Today, in NYC for the 1st time in 17 years, I'm reading nytimes.com/2022/05/31/us/…

I've been looking forward to this all spring: 'Listening to the Buddhists in Our Backyard,' an online conference on Tues 5/24 at 1pm EDT, organized by 6 high schoolers Phillips Academy Tang Institute who will share what they've learned from local Buddhists listentolocalbuddhists.org/conference

'By removing facets of schooling that often induce feelings of shame, fear, and anxiety... I’ve been able to share what I know, and more importantly, what I don’t know.' –Olivia '22 Phillips Academy Tang Institute on listening to Buddhists in our backyard
tanginstitute.andover.edu/blog/2022/the-…

“Students learn from our comments if and only if they do significant intellectual work in dialogue with our feedback.” Andy Housiaux Bowman Dickson 🏳️‍🌈

Less Work, More Learning: The Promise of Effective Feedback: ascd.org/el/articles/le…

Some powerful photos from Thich Nhat Hanh's final funeral ceremony, procession and cremation, 29th January, 2022. #ThichNhatHanh

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there is nothing
after the mums
except turnips

Basho

Thanks for sharing, Eric Hudson! Very happy to get this out into the world.

How do students and teachers in the Workshop Phillips Academy focus their time and learning? Read about our approach to civic engagement, self-reflection, and the cultivation of an ethic of excellence.
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Educators, join our virtual 4-part summer conference designed to bring ethics & technology development into closer alignment. For info & to register, visit bit.ly/ethicsconferen…. FREE for all participants.

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“The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu” has drawn comparisons to Cormac McCarthy and “True Grit,” and it joins a growing canon of alternative Westerns that reinvent old myths about the American West. nyti.ms/3pa4Vzx