Professional teacher preparation can no longer by assumed by a license to teach. Political pressure to put an adult in every classroom does not mean a prepared teacher in every classroom. Continue reading
Being Taught By an Unprepared Teacher Is a Mathematical Certainty
Teach Less, Teach Better, Teach It Again and Again
We forget more than we remember is a fact of life. Using motivation theory, teaching essential and enduring content and skills, and using retention theory better assures that students will remember what they are taught. Continue reading
Are You Volunteering for an AI Dope Slap?
Generative AI is here; it is not going away. Educators can either dig into understanding and using it or get dope slapped as Luddites. Continue reading
Because Transparency Has Become Opaque Require Integrity
The patina of transparency no longer matters because it has lost its clarity and become opaque. Instead of transparency require integrity. The facts, please, not the lies. Continue reading
Learning Loss – Yesterday is gone, let it go!
It is time to let go of lost or missed pandemic learning. Children grow best in strengths-based education, not deficit-based. Stop worrying about the past and build the future. Continue reading
Parent Demands in Public Education are not Parent Rights.
There is little to no provision in law of parent rights regarding the education of their children. Public education is about children not adults. As partisan politics convert demands into rights, the focus of educational policy changes. Continue reading
Are We Prepared To Do What Needs To Be Done? Sometimes But Not Always!
School governance today is not for the weak in spirit. It faces new challenges that have no precedence. Finding resolution requires pulling up one’s socks and doing what must be done for the children we educate. Continue reading
Many Teachers Try To Teach As They Were Taught – Stop Doing That!
You cannot be a clone of your favorite teacher, so stop trying. Instead, use the best practices of applied theory and pedagogy learned in your teacher preparation and employment professional development. Continue reading
Sharpening Teaching Tools – Getting Ready for Day 1 Means Getting the Rust Off
Summer vacation is time away from teaching and using sharp instructional skills. Before the first day of school this fall, all teachers need time and opportunity to consider and rehearse their teaching methodologies. The first week of school is for teaching and learning not getting ready to teach. Continue reading
Liberal Arts: The High School Curriculum for Our Future
Exorbitant student debt and the need for marketable skills have killed a college liberal arts education. High school curriculum is the last bastion for assuring future Americans can understand America and Americans. Continue reading