Apply James Earl Jones’ statement about baseball to public school – it is a perfect truth. Continue reading
School Is The Constant Throughout All The Years
What Do I Need To Know To Feel Normal About School?
America remains an experiment and work in progress. Societal, economic, political, and cultural crises happening simultaneous with the pandemic will be our greatest challenge to date. Our new normal will be very unlike our old. Continue reading
We Are Known By What We Prioritize
Authority regarding masking and controversial curricula dominate parent priorities with school board members. Parent rights are the parent priority. The covid effects on student learning are not mentioned. Children will pay a price for this mistake. Continue reading
School Culture and Return-to-School Students: Another Pandemic Challenge
Real experience shapes behavior. Out-of-school behaviors learned and reinforced in remote education are causing schools and children difficulty in the return-to-school. Continue reading
Regaining Proficiency Thru Needs-based Instruction
Children returning to in-person learning demonstrate proficiency gaps – lost and or missed learning – that must be closed. We treat lost and missed instruction differently. Knowing the difference matters. Continue reading
Resuming Pre-pandemic Academic Proficiency Achievement
Fact – end-of-pandemic academic assessments display slippage of student proficiency. The issue is not where data has slipped to but what we do about. In 2021-22 children get one school calendar year to learn their annual curriculum. We have work to do. Continue reading
Highjacking School Board Governance
State statutes authorize a school board to determine district curriculum. The role of governance is rejected when groups of the dissidents highjack board meetings. Continue reading
“Soft” Proficiency of a Pandemic Graduate
A high school pandemic graduate may not demonstrate the same educational outcomes as a pre-pandemic graduate. Academic may be softer while college prep life skills were strengthened. Continue reading
Shifting from Extra-ordinary Connecting with Children to Extra-ordinary Instruction of Children
Schools are called to do extraordinary work during the pandemic. First was connecting with children. Second was developing new delivery systems. The third extraordinary work will focus on making all children whole in their 2019-22 curricular content and skills. Continue reading
Improving Reading is like “Trouble With The Curve” – Current Players Are Not Prepared To Do It
Assuring all children are proficient readers requires both early reading readiness assessments AND teachers who are skillful in using the science of reading in their instruction. AB 446 will install the assessments. The President of the US-System needs to improve teacher preparation. Continue reading