A friend and mentor of mine recently asked me a question. Basically, he wanted to know what I thought about his sharing that he believes the only way “transformation” will happen in schooling is if there is a separate system created where people can start from scratch. Everyone who has put any thought into the direction of education has had…
Who wants to work hard to enact evidence-free solutions in your organization? I suspect there are not a lot of hands being raised out there in the ether right now!Of course, most of us want to think that when we introduce a new program, service, or procedure that there is at least some evidence that it has worked somewhere else…
How would you like these conclusions from a study done to evaluate the effectiveness of “new” structures for schools?1. When engaged teachers, administrators, and students are given the freedom to experiment and the help to do it, they will come through.2. There is no one best way of schooling youth.3. Students can graduate high school who are academically engaged, involved…
I have lived in an education self-cancel culture for most of my career. Now, I don’t want you to feel sorry for me because I have self-canceled. What do I mean when I say that I have lived in an education self-cancel culture? First, what I believe about learning and education is not part of the status quo. For example,…