A Better Path to Learning

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  • Learning Over Teaching

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    While away, I read an interesting article written by EducationWeek’s Madeline Will titled “What Works – and What Doesn’t – in Teacher PD.” Will writes, “When done right, professional development can improve teacher practice and student experiences. But when done wrong, it can have little to no impact and end up frustrating teachers who don’t…

  • How Tribalism Impacts Learning

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    Back in September, EducationWeek’s Kevin Bushweller wrote a piece titled “Why Can’t We Talk to Each Other Anymore?” Bushweller explored how binary thinking is dividing the K-12 world and beyond. Bushweller writes: “Watching all this binary, dichotomous, either-or thinking play out in K-12 education over the past few years has been frustrating as a parent…

  • The Writing Is On the Wall

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    Usually, the sign of a dysfunctional system is when outputs suffer. In other words, the system is not able to produce the results desired from its users. Recently, in the case of the current public education system, we have more evidence that today’s public school system is not working well for its users – namely…

  • The Problem with Ed Reform

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    I think the Aurora Institute (AI) tries to do good work. Previously the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, this organization believes it’s lifting up new ideas to shift mental models on public education. The Aurora Institute believes it’s drawing from the latest developments in education systems change nationally and globally to transform K-12 education…

  • We Need Innovation and We Need it Now

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    This past spring, Getting Smart, a Washington-based group committed to helping leaders, schools, and systems ideate, design, and implement innovations for equity, released a report titled Building an Innovation Index. The report was written by Nate McClennen, Getting Smart’s Vice-President for Strategy and Innovation. Nate earned a reputation as a learning leader when he served…

  • What I Learned from Coach Woody

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    Recently, I read an article on Joey Woody. Joey is the head coach for the University of Iowa men’s and women’s track and field team. Coach Woody has built what could be considered a sport’s dynasty in Iowa City, Iowa, home of the University of Iowa. Woody has led Iowa to 46 Big Ten individual…

  • Here’s the Problem with State Legislatures

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    I noticed an article in a recent online edition of The Texas Tribune that discussed the “hardening” of Texas public schools. “Hardening” is the word used when elected officials pass laws attempting to make schools safer for the students, teachers, other staff, and the public. According to the article, back in 2019, after an armed…

  • Our Public School System is Experiencing Catastrophic Failure

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    I ran across an interesting article on the web recently. It was written by Leks Drakos, a self-described rogue academic with a PhD from the University of Kent, whose research interests include human resources, diversity/equity/inclusion/accessibility, contemporary culture, post-apocalyptica, and monster studies. Drakos wrote the article for Process St., a group who builds processes for businesses…

  • Friday News Roundup…

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    It’s Friday! Time for another installment of the “Friday News Roundup.” Let’s get to it! The U.S. Suffers From a Substitute Teacher Shortage (NPR) According to a NPR story earlier this week, schools don’t have enough short-term teachers to fill in the gaps for regular teachers missing a day. District in Illinois are now holding…

  • Best of the Best: School’s Out!

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    I know I promised a column on The Learning Plan today, the step after The Scouting Report, but a request for “Best of the Best” came in and should take priority. So, I’m sharing “School’s Out,” an article I wrote with a group of forward learning thinkers awhile back. The Learning Plan column will be…