We get what we settle for, and today’s education creates Jeopardy players not problem solvers. We need mandates that make problem solving a school curriculum and grad requirement. Continue reading
Educating Problem Solvers
School Faces Once Etched Are Forever Memories
Time does not diminish the significance of childhood, school friends. Their faces, personalities, and good traits are indelibly etched in our memory. Continue reading
Gifted Teachers Cause Indelible Effects
Exceptionally good teaching is a gift to a child. When it is taught by a gifted, an exceptionally good teacher, the gift has indelible effects. Continue reading
Loose the grads!
For decades we have turned to our youth, the next generation, to pay the price for our indiscretions. It is time now for our failed, elder leaders to vacate. They are responsible for our chaos and cannot change their stripes. Our future lives with our youth. Continue reading
Adult Hypocrisy About Children and Technology Knows No Bounds
We life in the technology epoch spending inordinate amounts of time on screen with devices. Hypocritical adults claim children spend too much time while not being circumspect about their own on-screen time. Continue reading
Cursive – If You Can’t Write It, You Can’t Read It. Let’s Write a Wrong.
Reading, writing and arithmetic does not mean reading, printing and arithmetic. It is time to teach children write in and read cursive again. Continue reading
Esprit de Corps Elevates Teacher Capacity to Cause All Children to Learn
Esprit de corps is real. Its fraternity and passion cause cadre groups to achieve high outcomes. It is a concept we celebrate because of its power to move educational needles. Continue reading
Now that you have elected new board members, make them be trustworthy
Being a school board member is a public trust. Being trustworthy takes work. Holding them accountable to their duties makes them trustworthy. Continue reading
Classroom Interactions Are Soccer Touches – Quality Touches Create Scoring Opportunities
Our task is to cause children to learn. Pedagogical knowledge provides the tools for our creating high quality interactions between teacher, student and curriculum. Knowing how to create these interactions improves the likelihood that children will learn. Continue reading
Suspending Reality Can Cause Learning.
Teachers need a variety of tools in their instructional toolboxes. Suspending reality, as in PBL, is a good tool for engaging children in unusual thinking while ensuring they learn academic curricula. Continue reading