School Site Visits: A Powerful Lever in School Transformation
How do we help communities who are looking to improve their local schools see the possibilities? How…
Develop a Practice of Learning Partnership Conversations to Center Student Voice in Professional Learning
“I feel like my students don’t want to do the assignment” “Today was a great day in…
What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?
As spring begins to bloom, bring along this selection of learner-centered, competency-based resources and research from the…
Educator Support in Competency-Based Learning Schools
As our profession emerges from the shadows of the global pandemic, there is a renewed interest by…
Diving into a Deep Blue(grass) Sea of Innovation, Part Two: Early Lessons Learned When Implementing Multi-District Deeper Learning in Kentucky
In Part One, I discussed how I joined a Kentucky educational cooperative’s newly launched Deeper Learning Team…
Diving into a Deep Blue (grass) Sea of Innovation, Part One: How Educational Cooperatives and Deeper Learning Teams are Poised to Help Transform Kentucky Education
As I began my eighteenth year in education, I felt ready for a new challenge. How could…
Building a Competency-Based Teacher Education Program: The High Meadows Experience, Part 2
In my first blog post, I introduced the principles and structure of High Meadows Graduate School of…
Building a Competency-Based Teacher Education Program: The High Meadows Experience, Part 1
This is the first of two posts about the competency-based teacher education program at the High Meadows…
Why PD Must Be Learner-Centered, Too
Despite substantial experience leading professional learning programs and even more time as a kind of Student-Centered Learning…
Old Habits Die Hard: How to Build New Moves and Habits to Sustain Change
This post is part of a series inspired by the new report: Teachers Making the Shift to…