A Better Path to Learning

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  • More About Systems

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    School leaders aren’t to blame. Teachers aren’t to blame. Parent aren’t to blame. Students aren’t to blame. When it comes to failing schools, especially those who serve black, brown, and poor children across the country, no individual group is to blame. Failing schools, and under-performing schools (and there are a lot of those) happen because…

  • Learning and Work

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    We totally underestimate the power possessed by young people when it comes to playing a more substantial role in our adult world. Young learners are capable to do so much more than just show up at 8 A.M. for “school.” We just need to give them the opportunity to show what they can do for…

  • Still More on Grading

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    I don’t know why I keep harping on grading practices in our nation’s schools. Even though there has been little change over the past 50 years in the way we assess learning inside traditional K-12 campuses, I guess I am hopeful that some day our public schools will arrive at better grading practices, or a…

  • Friday News Roundup

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    Here’s your Friday News Roundup – Advocacy or Electioneering? Education Leaders Walk Fine Line in School Voucher Debate (EducationWeek) Governor Greg Abbott and his Republican cronies are playing hard ball these days when it comes to getting education savings accounts – vouchers – established in the Lone Star State. According to EducationWeek online, “Texas attorney…

  • Are Community Schools the Answer?

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    Community schools are a great idea, but it seems no one is willing to pay for them, especially in the state of Vermont. Vermont Digger online reported recently that, “Tired kids don’t do their best learning.” “So when Samantha Stevens, community schools coordinator at the North Country Supervisory Union, finds out that a student is…

  • Putting the Worm on the Hook

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    I’m back and I’m “tan, rested, and ready.” Well, I spent time in 50 degree and cloudy Germany, so I don’t know how “tan” I am. But I digress. Back to trying to create a better learning system for our kids. While away, an article appeared in EducationWeek online discussing strategies to combat student disengagement.…

  • Friday News Roundup

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    Here’s the Friday News Roundup – What One Record-Setting Teacher Shortage Can Tell Us About the Profession (EducationWeek) “’It would almost be financially irresponsible for the long term to go teach in Oklahoma,’ [Alexander Fraboulet, and English education major at the University of Oklahoma] said.” “In a sense, Oklahoma amplified many of the issues now…

  • Wishful Thinking

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    This week The Big Questions Institute (BQI), a group committed to learner-based education, presented two trends they are seeing inside their partner schools: “First, we’re seeing a lot more schools around the world asking important questions, fundamental questions about why and how they exist at this moment. It’s clear to us that the confluence of…

  • Solving the Inequitable School System

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    A big problem with the current K-12 public school system is that most of it is inherently unfair when it comes to providing equitable learning across the country. The 74 online published an article today that focuses on how U.S. school segregation contributes to this inherent unfairness. “Inside U.S. School Segregation by Race and Class…

  • A Wrestling Story

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    There is so much wrong with this story. Earlier this month, Iowa Public Radio reported that, “A western Iowa school district [Hinton Community Schools] at the center of an assault investigation surrounding its high school wrestling team is losing two administrators.” “…the Hinton School Board accepted the resignations of middle and high school principal Phil…