This post originally appeared on Dan Miller’s 48 Days Weekly Newsletter. There’s a concept in criminal thinking known as the broken window theory. Introduced in 1982 by social scientists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling in an article titled “Broken Windows” it included the following example: “Consider a building with a few broken windows.…
Read MoreThis is a re-blog from the ReigningIt blog: “Did you catch the mindshift in education recently? It started when a picture from a conference where Google Chief Education Evangelist Jaime Casapspoke. “Rather than, What do you want to be when you grow up? Let’s ask, What problem do you want to solve? … This changes the conversation…
Read MoreThis post is from the “Life of an Educator” blog: “What message are we sending to students when we average grades over a quarter or a semester? This is definitely a hot topic question for those who are involved in work around grading and assessment. What about the statement below? ‘When we average grades over…
Read MoreThis was a New Year’s message from my good friend at ACT, Inc., Carl Forbes: “As much as we grew attached to it, 2015 has passed on. Let’s take a few moments to contemplate it’s passing. It is time to learn from and let go of our past and embrace our newest addition, 2016. Whether you…
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