Forward to Different Part 3 Repairing the Educator Pipeline
Editor’s Note: This the second in a series of blog posts reimagining how schools should move going forward. Taking to account the current state of…
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Forward to Different – Part 2 – Reimagining the School Day
Editor’s Note: This the second in a series of blog posts reimagining how schools should move going forward. Taking to account the current state of…
Forward to Different – Part 1 – Rethinking the School Calendar
Editor’s Note: This the first in a series of blog posts reimagining how schools should move going forward. Taking to account the current state…
Real-time Data about the Real Quit in K12: Winter 2022
One of the problems with data, and K12’s reliance on it, is that data ages. And ages quickly. But public education, especially, in its quest…
The Big Quit and the Problem with Big (and Old) Data in Education
Human resources, I’ve come to learn over my career, is as much about risk management as any OSHA policy, equipment maintenance, or investment strategy. A…
Social And Emotional Learning Resistance Confronts K-12
Social emotional learning (SEL) has come under fire in some U.S. districts when, ironically, it appears to be needed most Christine Ravesi-Weinstein, an assistant principal…
Can Graduating Early Solve the Problem of Teacher Shortages?
Nationwide, it is called The Great Resignation. Sadly, our education community is not immune. Whether lured away by early retirement, opting for a career change,…
New changes coming and needed… What will happen to “Whole Class Instruction?”
I shared this the other day in response to a question on K12Leaders.com- “What should we leave behind as we look forward to school next…
Addressing the growing covid-learning-gap
While schools undoubtedly need some degree of accountability in order to assess effectiveness and identify areas for continual improvement, one of the major lessons from…
Learning Loss and the Blame Game
I like The 74 and read their updates most mornings… Todays’ piece on 40,000 LA high school students being off track falls into a common…