Add Student Executive Functioning Skills to Your Student Performance Box Score

An analysis of post-pandemic student learning points too easily at academic deficiencies. From the pandemic, we learned that our concept of studenthood was limited and children today have needs much greater than the 3 Rs. Continue reading

Smart Is As Smart Does

A while ago Holiday Inn Express enjoyed using “I’m not a rocket scientist, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night” as an indicator of the smart and well-informed traveler in their clientele.  They seemed to say, “smart … Continue reading

Institutional Elasticity Stymies Growth

Forward progress following a crisis is not propelled by a return to the past but by understanding what must be different in the furture and making change happen. Continue reading

Learning, Perhaps

Although a school year stops on a date specific, learning happens in the unanticipated future. Perhaps. Continue reading

Pandemic-informed Teacher Evaluation

The pandemic caused change. As we emerge from the pandemic, ask yourself as you seek the old normal, is that the best we can do. Some things learned in the pandemic need to become new practices. Continue reading