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This Education Week blog post, The Teaching Profession in 2015, contains some interesting findings about the teaching profession and education. While it focuses primarily on the status of public education, the statistics are relevant to trends that apply to US education in the broader context. Here is a short summary of what is covered. 70%…
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On a train from Vienna to Saltzburg, I am wondering whether reaching our potential is something that is center most on peoples’ minds. Is it a driver in how we lead our lives? It has been on my mind after reading an article by Robert Kaplan, Reaching Your Potential, published in Harvard Business Review, July-August…
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Maria Ferguson wrote a piece in Phi Delta Kappan, “Keep it Simple, stupid” sometimes is too simple. She points out that over time we’ve been inundated with the notion ‘simpler is better,’ simple solutions are more likely to gain traction than complex solutions. While some problems or challenges lend themselves to simple solutions, Ferguson goes…
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I listened to Krista Tipett’s On Being program, The Evolution of Medicine. In the program, she interviews Mark Hyman, Jeff Gordon and Penny George about the transformation underway in how “functional” and “mind-body” medicine looks at the illness/wellness duality. Her interview reveals a fascinating conversation with three innovative thinkers who reframe the health and wellness…
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I read this blog article, What Teaching Skills Help Build Student ‘Agency’?, by Stephen Sawchuk from the October 28, 2015 edition of Education Week. He reviews the recent study published by Harvard University as part of their Achievement Gap Initiative, The Influence of Teaching Beyond Standardized Test Scores: Engagement, Mindsets, and Agency A Study of 16,000 Sixth…
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