Tag Archives | education (institution)

Superintendents: Are you “leading your teacher’s learning” or “training” them?

By on April 23, 2013 in Capital Value Case, Challenge of Change, First-Person Learning, Learning, Maladaptive Schema, Mind-Shame, Mission of Education

Buying the ‘right’ program and training teachers to use it is not only insufficient, it misorients a school system’s learning.

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State of the Union: The Case Behind Obama’s Call for National Pre-K

By on February 13, 2013 in Capital Value Case, Challenge of Change, Healthy Learning, I AM LEARNED, Mission of Education

The science and economics behind #POTUS #SOTU call for National #PREK – @ezraklein analysis and #COTC resources

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Research: Investigating the Literacy – Mental Health Relationship

By on February 7, 2013 in Children of the Code, Comments on other sites, Healthy Learning, Unhealthy Learning

Research: mental health effects of feeling chronically improficient in the skill areas most important to success in school

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Re: Making Sense of Teacher Professional Development

By on February 6, 2013 in Learning, Maladaptive Schema, Mission of Education

Re: Making Sense of Teacher Professional Development / Misconceptions That Block Learning

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Update: Children of the Code: CHANGING TRAJECTORIES – the Final Chapter

By on January 15, 2013 in Challenge of Change, Children of the Code, Healthy Learning

“CHANGING TRAJECTORIES” is the final chapter of Phase I of COTC and includes our suggestions and tips for improving the learning trajectories of struggling readers.

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When Learning Hurts – Toxic Learning

By on November 16, 2012 in Healthy Learning, Learning, Maladaptive Schema, Mind-Shame, Self-Esteem, Unhealthy Learning

What and how students learn can have toxic effects on how well they learn thereafter. It’s vitally important that educators understand this.

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Our government is what our population has learned it to be.

By on November 5, 2012 in Capital Value Case, Challenge of Change, Healthy Learning, Mission of Education

Our national political conversation is devoid of even mentioning the central issue that, within two decades, will most determine our nation’s fate: our most distinctive competency – our only long term competitive advantage – our collective intelligence.

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Re: Microsoft’s ‘National Talent Strategy’ & “Race to the Future’ = Greater Investment in STEM.

By on September 28, 2012 in Capital Value Case, Mission of Education

I am all for STEM but I think we’d have a greater net number of STEMers if we focused our main efforts on getting more kids READY to learn their way into STEM.

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Obama vs. Romney, The Great Debate: The Mission of Education in 21st Century America

By on September 20, 2012 in Capital Value Case, Challenge of Change, Mission of Education

How a president envisions the role of education in shaping the future of America is a telling indicator of his or her core beliefs, philosophies, economic theories, values, morals, and ethics.

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What does it mean that most of our children are CHRONICALLY IMPROFICIENT in the skills most critically important for success in school?

By on September 19, 2012 in Learning, Mind-Shame, Mission of Education, Self-Esteem, Unhealthy Learning

What does it mean that most of our children are CHRONICALLY IMPROFICIENT in the skill areas most critically important for success in school?

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