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  • Rise of the Dopamine Culture

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    The solar eclipse here in Vermont was spectacular! Who would have thought the Green Mountains would host perfect weather, 60 and sunny, in early April? Go figure. A few weeks ago, I read an interesting article written by the folks at the BIG Questions Institute titled “Dopamine Culture.” In the article, BQI writes, “In our…

  • Friday News Roundup

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    It’s Friday! Here’s your News Roundup. New Poll Finds Overwhelming Support for More Trade Classes in L.A. High Schools (The 74) According to The 74 online this week, “A new survey of Los Angeles County voters, parents and students finds strong support for the expansion of skilled trades education in Los Angeles public high schools.…

  • AI is Here to Help Us

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    Artificial intelligence is going to do remarkably well when it comes to making learners smarter and stronger. Traditional K-12 leadership, trying to ban AI from their schools, will lose. AI is just too powerful a force for us not to figure out how to use it to improve learning – for everyone. I recently read…

  • 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…