Who with half a heart can possibly hold what we are experiencing in this country? At this writing eight people died from gun shots yesterday in Odessa, Texas. Twenty-two people were injured from gun shots in this tragedy. That included a 17-month-old child. Yet we have become so inured to these incidents that we don’t …
Mass Death, Stalemate, and Guns Already Owned: A Modest Proposal Read More »
…when at the same time we are trying to make concerted efforts at “personalized learning?” cf. https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2017/08/25/colorado-tells-feds-it-needs-more-time-to-rethink-opt-out-policy. I get that taxpayers want to know that the public schools they help to fund are being successful. I also understand that there are some desirable common proficiencies that should be associated with that success. As a parent, …
High Stakes Test Scores: What Are We Really Doing with the Standard Assessment Process… Read More »
Collision happens, of course, with the good energy of ramped up design thinking. Organizational structure still widely favors the Industrial Revolution approach, and educational institutions are rarely an exception; that is, the traditional concept of leadership is characterized by the (white) man at the top of the hierarchy with voiceless compliant people at the bottom. …
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