Tag: shcools

Too many traditional schools lie dormant during the summer months. One way our traditional K-12 system could appear to be interested in moving to more of a anytime, anywhere model of learning was if they committed to more activities for kids while involving adult learning leaders. This week EducationWeek posted an article titled “Summer Jobs…

When does a public school stop being a public school? And when does school choice stop being school choice and begins to be “learner choice”? The 74 reported recently that, “In a landmark 2022 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court said states can’t exclude faith-based schools form voucher programs because they practice religion. The opinion, Carson…

I’ve told this story before, but it’s worth telling again. Years ago, I had lunch with the dean of education at a public university located in Houston, Texas. I wanted to pitch him an idea for a new way to educate adult learning leaders. The idea revolved around training a corps of learning coaches to…

Until we find a better system of learning for our kids, we have a moral and ethical responsibility to provide the best K-12 educational system possible for current students, their families, and their communities. Blowing up the current system, without a viable alternative for students to migrate to, won’t work. We learned this during our…

Conversation is essential to learning. The Greek word for conversation is “dialogos,” meaning “through speech and reasoning.” The Greeks were fully committed to “dialogos” as a learning medium. Our one-room schoolhouse was full of conversation, as many 19th century adult learning leaders knew the importance of peer conversation. It wasn’t until America moved to the…

When it rains, it pours. We just spent the last two days lamenting over our country’s latest NAEP (the National Assessment of Educational Progress or The Nation’s Report Card). And now there’s more bad news. Today, EducationWeek released a story that addresses American opinions about the quality of public education in the United States. Kevin…

A few weeks ago, Nate McClennen from the Getting Smart think tank wrote an interesting piece on microschools, small schools started mainly by parents unhappy with their current public school options. Here are some excerpts from McClennen’s article: “Small learning environments have always been the foundation of formal learning systems. Indigenous groups around the world,…