Forward progress following a crisis is not propelled by a return to the past but by understanding what must be different in the furture and making change happen. Continue reading
Learning, Perhaps
Although a school year stops on a date specific, learning happens in the unanticipated future. Perhaps. Continue reading
Pandemic-informed Teacher Evaluation
The pandemic caused change. As we emerge from the pandemic, ask yourself as you seek the old normal, is that the best we can do. Some things learned in the pandemic need to become new practices. Continue reading
Hybrid School Year – A Rethought, Pandemic-informed School Calendar
The school calendar is a prime example of – we do things now because that is how it was done when I was in school. The pandemic is teaching us that there is a better way. Continue reading
Educational governance in the long view
School communities choose how schools will be governed by their considered election of school boards. Continue reading