It’s a Different Mountain Every Day: Getting Started with Video of Teacher Practice

Moving From I Can’t To I Can’t Yet

President Obama, it isn't the standardized tests that are the problem!  This is the difficulty with too many cooks in the kitchen, and no recipe.  Everyone has an opinion, objections, suggestions, and solutions, even the POTUS.  All the presumed solutions are exhausting the system and do little to improve the system for the students. First, there has to be time spent truly discovering what the issues are. We need standards, measures, 21st century curriculum,…

I've got many hundreds of articles on the Internet about education. So I'm embarrassed to admit that just today I stumbled on one of the most obvious metaphors for much of what goes on in our public schools. Embarrassed but still overjoyed. This metaphor is just too wonderful.

 Here is how Wikipedia defines a snipe hunt: "A snipe hunt or fool's errand is a type of practical…

Do’s and Don’ts for Schools Hosting an Author

In this graphic-novel-style piece in School Library Journal, author George O’Connor shares some suggestions based on his numerous presentations in schools:

Have someone ready to greet the author at the door so there are no hold-ups or hassles.

Have technology set…

GED test takers decline with changes

• Ed Week

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In a state where 14 percent of adults haven't graduated high school, the GED test is a lifeline for many Mississippians hoping to improve their job skills and better their lives.

But changes made to the GED test in 2014 have led to nine times fewer…

What Scotland learned from making college tuition free

Updated by Libby Nelson on October 22, 2015, 

VOX…

Teachers, the professionals with greatest proximity to the students, are held directly responsible for the achievement of their students.  In a new accountability system, the principals are held responsible for the successes and failures of their teachers. But to only focus on the teachers and the principals belies the system's impact and, accordingly, that of the superintendent.  …

.This article started from a quote by Steve Jobs in 1980, to the effect that we weren't doing a very good job in the public schools but it would be quite easy to give every kid a good education.

 Steve Jobs is  a smart practical guy. I think his opinion should be presumed true.

 The problem comes with explaining our Education Establishment. They think that education is difficult, impossible,  unlikely, needs another trillion dollars, etc. The truth is, they're…