It happened to me in 2002, that moment when I knew my role as a teacher had to start moving away from a content expert to a connector. It was,
Being called “educated” is an interesting label, isn’t it? It’s so absolute, with nary a whiff of nuance. Dive into the definition and you find the word struggles to go
This post was written during the height of the pandemic. The lessons still apply today. In Learner-Centered Leadership I wrote: “Even more bewildering is the way that we allocate time to these
Let’s get right to the point: Everything you do in your school tells a story. Every curricular decision, every hire, every budget line item, every communication, every policy — every
This article is the third in a series of educator commentaries on the independent school accreditation process. The first article was Sanje Ratnavale’s “Will Accreditation Survive COVID-19 and Racism?” The
New rule: Whenever we talk about learning, we should distinguish between learning in the real world and learning IN SCHOOL. For example, the work of John Hattie is cited daily
Scrutiny of College Admissions has been intense recently and it is therefore important to summarize first some of the controversies, particularly around test scores, for context. The standardized testing non-profits
When you think about a “successful” student or a “successful” school, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Might it be high test scores? Acceptances to prestigious universities? A
This article is republished from a blog post in Learner-Centered Leadership by Devin Vodicka, March 21, 2021. During the course of my educational career, there have been many well-intended reforms