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I published a recent post, Investing in birth-to-age-3 #education programs is a great bet!, that referenced an article published in Education Week making the case that investing in early learning programs was a good bet. In the Ed Week article, there was a reference to a study out of the MIT Workplace Center that also substantiated the…
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During this past week, I watched a series of TED talks seemingly unrelated to one another. Only to discover that they all had connections to the thinking I have been doing about STEAM curriculum in K-12 schools. Schools are now embarking on a journey to define themselves as “STEAM schools” or schools interested in designing…
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Ever since I started exploring ideas about education “reform,” I’ve been interested in leveraging the power of technology to help form an ideal learning system. For this reason, I was drawn to attend the International Society of Technology in Education’s 2014 conference (ISTE) that was taking place in my hometown (#iste2014). Throughout the four-day conference,…
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Having just read the article, Leadership in a (Permanent) Crisis, by Ronald Heifetz, Alexander Grashow, and Marty Linsky, I have a renewed appreciation the value of adaptive leadership. Their article appeared in Harvard Business Review, July/August 2009. Ronald Heifetz has shared in thinking about adaptive leadership in other venues as well. Here is a You…
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In a recent post, Added Value from Effective #pre-K programs, Reform Requires Courage, I made the case for investing in universal pre-K programs, especially for students from underserved families. The research is quite strong that investment in high-quality pre-K programs pays dividends for children in their later years. A reality is that most state governments,…
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