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Interview: Inigral CEO Michael Staton
It's not that students don't care, it's that they are producing work that nobody cares about. -- Michael Staton, CEO, Inigral
Interview: Chad Ratliff, Albermarle County Public Schools
Chad Ratliff, Assistant Director of Instruction and Innovation Projects at Albermarle County Public Schools.
The American Public Obsolescence System
American public education has "issues." The most amazing thing about public education is how long we've been able to keep this downward trudge into obsolescence going, without relief.
Less Deliberation, More Leadership
Tom Vander Ark looks for signs of leadership in the newly formed Senate HELP Committee.
Making Data Matter
Interesting day at the EdWeek Leader’s Forum on Making Data Matter. Dan Katzir, Broad, did a great job kicking off the event with lessons learned over 10 years. Amiee Guidera did a great job outlining the Data Quality Campaign agenda. It was disappointing only 6% of the participants responded…
Step Function Improvement
As the learning revolution matures, it is likely to be turbocharged by lessons about the neuropsychology of learning and motivation. I don’t think we know much about this and don’t use what we know very effectively, but we are likely to learn far more than we know in the coming decade.
Yale SOM Education Leaders Conference
A leading business school hosting an education conference? Ten years ago it was unimaginable. Now it happens annually in New Haven. The students organize a great conference, get edu-superstars to attend, and turn out in droves. Jon Schnur kicked off the Racing to the Top conference with a review…
For Instructional Management See CMOs
Kalman R. Hettleman writes in EdWeek, “It’s the Classroom, Stupid.” She’s right, instructional management is a big deal and often poorly managed. Here’s her three reasons: First, predisposition. The personal temperament of educators and their professional culture of insularity predispose them to be weak managers.
Elks, Immigrants, Imagination, Innovation
When I made my annual appearance at the Elks lodge to honor the top 40 students in my district, I was glad they didn’t make the superintendent try to pronounce the names–more than half were from immigrant families. Most of the native born white kids were Mormon. The ceremony was an…
The Critical Need for Genuine School Reform
Over the last few years, fund manager and edu-eBlaster Whitney Tilson developed and refined the most compelling data-driven case for school reform, The Critical Need for Genuine School Reform. Warning: it’s about 170 pages plus appendices, but if you haven’t read it you really should. At least take 15 minutes…