The most significant challenge for schools and COVID 19 is not remote education while schools are closed, but how we will make each child academically whole so there is not a COVID-based educational deficit. Continue reading
Teaching and Learning in the Time of COVID
Remote education, a new experience for most in public education, is a reality and a game changer that will modify teaching and learning for years after COVID 19. Continue reading
The Butterflies Are Loose; Help the Unexpected to Find Flight
A little chaos can be a wonderful opportunity to find an unexpected and unpredicted consideration of what education can be when it cannot be normal or usual. Be open to creativity as you stay well. Continue reading
A School Year Is Long Enough To …
A school year is the length of time to teach an annual curriculum. Instructional time is our most valuable commodity in causing all children to achieve learning competence. Discussion of school year length must be based upon educational rationales and not politics, economics or personal preferences. Learning takes time. Continue reading
Meddling, Muddling, Modeling Not Middling
Everything changes. The question is – what do we understand about change and how can we be players in the changes as they occur. Continue reading