Because I believe each of us is responsible for sharing our learning with the world, I’m sharing a bit of my work. As my prospectus meeting approaches in a couple of weeks, I’m racing through revisions to my work. I know it won’t be perfect, but I...
In education, we often find ourselves trapped in a cycle where teachers shoulder the bulk of the responsibility, crafting lessons late into the night and delivering instruction to a room full of passive learners. The quote above from “The Shift to...
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash Diving into more authentic learning topics, I’ll share some insights from Jay McTighe’s book “Teaching for Deeper Learning” which has some great ideas for making learning more meaningful. One of the first concepts McTighe...
Photo by Fray Bekele on Unsplash Graduate Profile. Portrait of a Graduate. Portrait of a Learner. Three different names for the same thing. A Graduate Profile is a set of competencies that define the “enduring skills” schools want their students to have...
When will we finally stop sending our kids to huge buildings managed by bureaucracies that are more concerned with making sure everyone changes class on time than they are with making sure that everyone is prepared to participate in our society? From Redesigning High...
