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The hybrid school movement is growing rapidly in the US. Why are parents and students gravitating towards online learning environments that offer some face-to-face time with teachers? Education Week has spotlighted a new school in Hawaii, Hawaii Technology Academy, that has grown to over 1,000 students in the past few years. In addition to HTA,…
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“If It Ain’t Broke, Experiment.” What a wonderful idea! The quote comes from an article, Why Leaders Don’t Learn from Success, by Francesca Gino and Gary Pasano in the Harvard Business Review. Here is what Gino and Pasano write: “Experimentation is one way to test assumptions and theories about what is needed to achieve high levels of…
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There are many experts on change–Michael Fullan, Rob Evans, and the Heath Brothers (Switch) are three that come to mind. Many other people have written about change within the topic of leadership–leaders as agents of change. Recently, I read an article, Three Visionaries for Change, by David Perkins from HGSE and Project Zero. I liked…
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We talk and write about the need to teach students: using interdisciplinary learning or integrated studies; using project-based or problem-based learning; how to problem solve and think creatively. These are very important goals that we should try our hardest to achieve because it will make the learning more interesting and relevant for students. The interconnectedness…
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In our E.E. Ford Cohorts for 2011, Using Formative and Summative Assessment to Improve Learning and Instruction and Current Brain Research: What are the Implications for Teaching, we are going to read, Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath, as our common read. When the two cohorts meet…
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