A Better Path to Learning

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  • Learning in the Dirt and Other Spanish Impressions

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    I’m back after three weeks in Spain. While on the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canarias, I captured two stories that demonstrate the essence of what it means to embrace an “anytime/anywhere” learning focus. I like to take urban hikes while on vacation, with rest stops at places where I can “people watch.” One of…

  • A Little About A Lot

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    Here’s a little about a lot – According to a news post in last week’s EdWeek, celebrities like Hugh Grant, Oprah Winfrey, and Texas Senator Ted Cruz have all come out against educational technology in schools. In addition, “More than half of educators who work for public school district – 61% – say that most…

  • A Dismal Picture

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    ABPTL is back for a few days after being off last week. Earlier this year EducationWeek released data from the 50 states, asking teachers, beyond salary, what would improve their working conditions inside the classroom. According to EdWeek, “Salary is one major factor long linked to teacher morale. In an effort to look more holistically…

  • Friday News Roundup

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    It’s Friday! Time for the News Roundup. High-Need Connecticut School District Doing “Things People Don’t Believe Are Possible” (The 74) Stories like this one come along too many times to ignore, but still school districts struggle to replicate successful models. The latest exemplar on the list of “outstanding turnarounds” is the Meriden, Connecticut school district.…

  • The Can’t and Won’t Problem

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    “School Districts Can’t Stand Still: 2 Strategies Can Help Them Survive and Thrive.” This is the title of an article Robin Lake, executive director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, and Travia Pillow, spokesperson for the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program at the Texas Comptroller’s Office, wrote last week for The 74. Here are…

  • The Problem with Governors

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    Rob Sand is running for Iowa governor, after being the only Democrat holding statewide office since 2022. Sand currently holds the position of state auditor. I’ll probably vote for Mr. Sand, but his ideas on how to improve learning for the children of Iowa could benefit from some informed advice. This past Saturday, Sand addressed…

  • Holding the Line

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    ABPTL has written about the “Mississippi Miracle” before. But now, Rachel Canter, director of education policy for the Reinventing America’s Schools project at the Progressive Policy Institute, offers insight as to why Mississippi is currently knocking it out of the park when it comes to elementary reading and math scores. Canter’s article appeared in a…

  • A Little About A Lot

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    “A Little About A Lot” Trump Again Proposes Major Education Cuts in New Budget Proposal (EducationWeek) Back in 2014, when our non-profit decided to launch a brand new personalized learning lab school, we made the decision to continue assisting the traditional K-12 school system with leadership coaching, classroom assistance, and grant-making, even though we were…

  • A Balanced Approach to Learning

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    I read an interesting story (“What Happened After a Teacher Ditched Screens, 4/6/26) this morning, a story originally published by The Atlantic earlier this week: “For more than a decade, Dylan Kane, a seventh-grade math teacher in Leadville, Colorado, leaned into technology as a way to improve his classes. Starting in 2014, he dragged Chromebook…

  • Let’s Blame AI for Everything

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    There is a fear spreading across America that artificial intelligence will cause extremely high levels of unemployment in the not too distant future. This fear is heightened when the focus turns to recent college graduates. But a recent article published by The Atlantic (Young People Are Falling Behind, but Not Because of AI, 4/2/26) refutes…