The McNamara Fallacy
The McNamara Fallacy involves making a decision based only on quantitative measures, and ignoring other measures which cannot be…
Month: May 2019
Consider the Invisible
I had the unfortunate experience of falling last week. In addition to banging my head on concrete, I also…
Students & Teachers Learning Side by Side
How can you and your students learn side by side? Try these projects to increase collaboration and tandem learning…
Data Driven versus Data Informed
Buzzwords in education come and go. One of the more popular buzzwords over the last dozen years that continues…
Survive and Advance
As I was watching couple of game 7’s in the NBA playoffs last week, I was reminded of the…
5 Ways To Continue Learning This Summer!
Summer break provides a great opportunity to relax and refresh from the hard work you do all year. But…
Two birds. One stone.
My daughter had her spring concert at school last Monday. It was an evening concert beginning at 7pm that…
What We Knew Then
Usually, we lament about knowing then what we know now. But I think we need to flip this idea. …
Stop Yelling at Me
Stop Yelling at Me. Please. I’m a human being. I’m doing the best that I can in this…
The Respect Championship
We recently introduced a Respect Championship to our students. The idea was to encourage respectful and kind behavior amongst…