Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

If your solution contains the phrase, “you just need...” either you misunderstand the problem, or you are improving an operational efficiency.

“What works?” is a dangerous question. Your list of “what works” comprises largely red herrings. #leadership #edleaders #edchat #education

“Framework” and “theory” are not interchangeable. On guides design, the other predicts and explains. Please stop using them as if they are interchangeable. My rant for the day is done.

“innovators are curious and intelligent mavericks” and these make it difficult for one to sustain a career in #education

Recognizing your guess was wrong often leads to much more interesting and useful realities.

I read lots of books about brains, so I have seen hundreds of MRI of brains. When it is your brain in the MRI, you pay much closer attention.

Variation is a fundamental characteristic of life. Too bad education appears to have ignored that for a generation.

“Chart junk.” I knew there was a term for it.

“What do you not know?” is the interesting question.

“Subtlety, intricacy, and nuance take longer to appreciate, and so add crucial seconds to the digital meme reproduction process, leading to a dominance of dumb and dumber.” -Seth Lloyd

“Unlike the simplicity of rockets, which follow Newton’s laws of motion, there isn’t a simple way to describe a tree.”

“No amount of belief makes something a fact.” -James Randi

“Therefore, an inability (or refusal) to reason honestly is a social problem. Indeed, to defy the logical expectations of others—to disregard the very standards of reasonableness that you demand of them—is a form of hostility.” -Sam Harris

“Leaving high school it should be standard issue knowledge to understand how credit cards work, compounding interest, or mortgage rates. Or percentage discounts, goods on sale and, even more basic, a grasp of numbers in general: millions, billions, trillions.” #math #maths

“Tenaciously clinging to your beliefs past the point where their falsity has been clearly demonstrated does not make you look good.” -Sam Harris. It is delightful when you find another who has captured your thoughts in eloquent language.

Hypothesis Testing ... a post for students in data analytics class:
https://hackscience.education/2025/03/18/hypothesis-testing/

A post for data analysis students:
https://hackscience.education/2025/03/21/z-scores/

A post for data analytics students:
https://hackscience.education/2025/03/21/confidence-intervals/

When you need urgent solutions, do you innovate or entrench existing solutions? Your actions say much about your #leadership

So many wonderful and passionately held beliefs and opinions necessitate the response, “Evidently this was not what the universe is doing.”