Tag: Policy
Creativity in Schools (Short Video)
Is creativity a focus in schools? What role should creativity play in our curricula? Are our systems, by no fault of our own, built on promises from the industrial age? Are state standards and mandated tests designed to create stability and safety? Is the system designed to create early 20th century “good” laborers who follow the rules…
If You Sort, There Will Always Be A Bottom
[pullquote align=”normal”]If you sort them, there will always be a bottom. What good does that serve? [/pullquote] “Those students are in the 50th percentile. What real school will accept them? They can go to local community college.” I’ll confess. I overheard this statement while sipping coffee today at Starbucks. Jack Welch made a specific type…
Hot Fires Burn Fast, So Do Poor Policies
I’m proud to call Latoya Dixon friend, and her newly published book is so timely. She makes several bold confessions, shares a practitioner’s perspective, and develops a compelling case for activism in education and gives basic steps that anyone can take to make positive change. Policies have too long been about goals and consequences. Carrots…