I am sharing an existential “bump in the road” that I am experiencing. Generally, I would not share my existential “issues”; however, this one (I feel) reflects a larger societal issue that deserves some reflection and directly impacts the work that we have undertaken together as education leaders. When we talk about changing (or transforming) schooling,education, or learning, we are…
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The Education Aristocracy
We Have an Education Aristocracy “When a craftsman is constantly and solely engaged upon the making of a single object, he ultimately performs this work with unusual dexterity; but at the same time, he loses the general capacity to apply his concentration on the way he is working. Day by day, he gains in skill but is less industrious…” Alexis…
Acceptable Loss in Education
Jess Millard is an elementary school principal in the Northern Tioga School District. He has been working hard over the past six years to help the school become uncompromisingly learner-centered. His journey is filled with a lot of hard work and dedication on the part of him and the staff at Clark Wood Elementary School in Elkland, PA. A few…
Uncompromisingly learner-centered
“Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.”James A. Garfield How can the system of public education become uncompromisingly learner-centered? This question will guide our journey together on this blog. The foundational principle is that context matters a whole lot when creating solutions to education issues. Since the…