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In 1993, Jeanette Gann wrote that professional development is, an educational and personal experience that enhances or changes teaching practices toward the end of improving student learning. (Arithmetic Teacher, volume 40, no 5, page 286. This NCTM journal is no longer in print.) Her definition is not far off from the one that Learning Forward…
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On April 14, we held the first “visioning session” for the new Drew Charter High School. The session was run by architects, Barbara Crum and John Poelker, from Perkins+Will. The first of three workshops was devoted to mining the future. What might education look like in the 21st Century? What are the challenges we face…
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T. Elijah Hawkes wrote an excellent article in this month’s Phi Delta Kappan entitled, No Child’s Fate is Sealed. I want to draw your attention to his article because it was inspirational to me. He captured the most important reasons why school exists for students. It isn’t about the learning content, being on teams or…
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Reading this article in Education Week, New Rules Push Down Grad Rates, leaves me with very little confidence in our educational system. It seems to me that students are simply pawns in a vast system that doesn’t even understand how to motivate them to fulfill their dreams. In fact, I would surmise that our educational…
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The recent American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting in Vancouver, BC had the theme, Flattening World: Building a Global Knowledge Society. In the March 30 edition of Science, Edward Lempinen wrote a summary, In a Flattening World: Innovation Must Be Global, of the keynote address and other talks by prominent participants. What…
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