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  • Do we care about our emotional culture in schools?

    January 17, 2016

    We work continuously in schools to think about, design for, and implement collecting data that pertains to students’ cognitive achievement.  In fact, if we include formative and summative assessment measures, we collect cognitive data weekly, daily and sometimes hourly.  We are asked to report on the students’ cognitive development on a regular basis through report…

  • Interesting Education Statistics for 2015

    January 3, 2016

    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%…

  • Have you considered whether you have reached your potential? 

    December 31, 2015

    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…

  • Is education reform simple or complex?

    December 25, 2015

    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…

  • ILLNESS versus WELLNESS: Systems thinking in education

    December 23, 2015

    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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