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I think about assessment culture in school all the time. It’s a topic I have written about before and remain stymied by how stuck we seem to be. I would offer that one reason why innovation in teaching and learning is so hard in schools, public or private, is that our views on assessment are…
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Tomorrow is Earth Day 2019. I recently read a piece about Carl Sagan in Maria Popova’s book, Figuring. She quotes a passage from Carl Sagan’s book, A Pale Blue Dot, about the picture taken from Voyager I on February 14, 1990 showing the Earth from 4 billion miles away looking back towards the Sun. Our…
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There is a great deal written about how to receive and give feedback in ways that are effective. I wonder whether most school administrative teams, school districts, state education agencies, or educational policy makers understand and use research being generated to inform their processes for creating a feedback culture in their school. I understand that…
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A short piece in Medium, Why Your Brain Needs Idle Time, written by Markham Heid illustrates the importance of “brain breaks” as a way to consolidate and deepen learning. He quotes Loren Frank, a neuroscience professor: The research on learning is extremely clear,” says Loren Frank, a professor at the Center for Integrative Neuroscience at…
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I am attending the Art of Coaching Annual Conference in Monterey, CA this week. Day 1 included a welcome and keynote from Elena Aguilar and two workshops: (1) authentic leadership and building trust; and (2) principles for coaching principals. In her evening keynote, Elena Aguilar spoke about the four elements we need to embrace if…
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