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This summer’s EL magazine, a ASCD publication, is titled “Deepening Learning with Tech.” You can read it on your own, but I thought I would highlight some of the articles appearing in the issue. Let’s start with what might be the most startling statistic, given the reaction of some school districts to ban ChatGPT from…

Yesterday I introduced Representative Harold Dutton, a member of the Texas Legislature from Houston. Dutton, along with many other elected state officials from the Lone Star State and others, believe it is their responsibility to set policy when it comes to public education. And all of them would be right, since there isn’t one state…

I don’t know Harold Dutton well. We used to say hi to each other and talk a bit about the Houston Independent School District at our favorite breakfast hangout. I was a region superintendent at the time. Dutton was, and still is, a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 142 in…

Are we ever going to change the school calendar? People wonder why students are struggling academically these days. Well, I have an idea or two why our nation’s test scores are now at a 50-year low. The brain is a muscle, and like most muscles in the human body, the brain needs a daily workout.…

Last week, I read an article from a principal that just finished their first year leading a school campus. The principal shared what she learned from her first-year experience. Here’s what she learned: “Have a goal; adjust as necessary; stay the course.” “Take time to build relationships.” “Share your goals. Repeat, repeat, repeat.” “Find a…

I like to think of myself as a left of center thinker, but all of my writing about parent rights, learner choice, and my criticism of the current public education system has some of my readers believing I’m a Trump-loving, ultra-conservative intent on destroying our public schools as we know them. Well, I’m not a…

Here’s a skill that is part of almost all “Portrait of a Graduate” profile school districts produce across the country – Our graduates will know how to communicate and participate in a valuable conversation. But how many schools spend time allowing their young people to learn how to build their communication skills and how to…