What Might Have Been

We are now a quarter of the way through the 21st century and about the same length of time into the current era of test-based school accountability. Like most Education Reform initiatives, with NCLB we jumped right in with testing and accountability – proudly flying the plane while we were building it. Except that we never actually get around to rebuilding it. Sure, we update the snacks, swap out seats, and add wi-fi, but the basic public education plane remains the same.  What if we tried a different approach.  What might have been?

Yearning to Understand “Years of Learning”

“Use your words, Charlie. Use your words.” That’s what they would say to me when I was young, and a situation became frustrating or overwhelming.  It was very good advice. By the time I reached first grade I had learned that with some well-chosen and well-timed words you could make people laugh, even adults. InContinue reading “Yearning to Understand “Years of Learning””