Virtual Schooling That Has Impact

Virtual Schooling That Has Impact

As the world embraces more and more applications of online learning and virtual schooling it is important that we find ways to have the greatest impact. Although in some cases schools and teachers were forced into the virtual space, it has become a choice by more and...
Which Data Tells You Anything

Which Data Tells You Anything

Schools collect a great deal of data and act on very little of it. Much of what is gathered exists to demonstrate that something was measured. A smaller set of numbers tells a school whether it is getting better, and separating the two is most of the work. Start with...
Un-Clutter the Cluttered Curriculum

Un-Clutter the Cluttered Curriculum

Every few years a school is asked to take on something new. Financial literacy, road safety, digital citizenship, mindfulness, sustainability, coding, character education. Each is defensible on its own, and each arrives with an argument nobody wants to be seen...
Give Teachers Back Their Schools

Give Teachers Back Their Schools

W. Edwards Deming made Japanese car plants more productive by doing something their managers found uncomfortable, which was to hand control back to the people on the line. The workers assembling the cars were best placed to see what was going wrong and how to fix it,...