A Better Path to Learning

Tag: schools

  • Are We Starting a School Year or a Learning Year?

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    School starts here in Iowa this week, so an EducationWeek article, written by Tyrone C. Howard and published on August 12, 2022, caught my eye. Dr. Howard is a professor of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles and the director of the university’s Center for the Transformation of Schools. Howard is also president-elect…

  • Friday News Roundup

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    It’s Friday! Time for the news roundup. Poll: Support for Schools Shook by Pandemic (The 74) Linda Jacobson from The 74 reported this week: “The historically positive views toward public schools took a hit during the pandemic, according to pool results released Tuesday.” “In 2019, 60% of Americans graded their schools an A or a…

  • To Improve Learning, the Energy of Money Has to Change

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    This past week I came across an article printed by the Stanford Social Innovation Review titled “To End Homelessness, the Energy of Money Must Change.” I usually write about education and learning, but stay with me here as we use homelessness to inform us how improving learning for our young people could improve. Daniel Heimpel,…

  • Habits of Mind Drive Success

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    This is a Best of the Best article, originally posted by The Education Game back in 2021. The topic is a good one, especially since our kids are headed back to school this month. Enjoy! In most traditional schools, academic work begins the first day of instruction. Teachers are seen as “on task” if they…

  • How Hard Is It to Change a High School?

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    I’ve written about the personalized learning lab school we launched while I served as the executive director of a Houston-based educational non-profit. In 2015, our lab school partnered with a Houston area school district to apply for a XQ Super School grant. The hope was to take what we were learning in our lab school…

  • What if The Smithsonian Ran Public Education?

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    A few weeks ago, I participated in an online conference hosted by The Smithsonian, their National Education Summit. It was two days of deep, exploratory learning for both young and adult learners. When I reviewed some of the session titles, it became apparent to me that these learning sessions were a bit different than most…

  • Friday News Roundup

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    It’s Friday! Time for the news roundup. Are There Better Ways Than Standardized Tests to Assess Students? Educators Think So (EducationWeek) EducationWeek writer Larry Ferlazzo recently shared a series of posts addressing assessment. Here’s a sampling of topics addressed in each of the posts: Let’s Take a Holistic Approach to Judging Schools Let’s Dump the…

  • 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…

  • 100 Years to Thrive, Part 2

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    Yesterday I wrote about a Stanford University’s Center on Longevity report titled The New Map for Life: 100 Years to Thrive. A copy of yesterday’s article can be found here. Today, let’s discuss the implications this report might have for our country’s public education system and the probable need for a new system of learning.…