Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Hey educators... please stop blaming students. It is unbecoming... and when you do it in job interviews, you don’t get hired... actually keep doing it in job interviews, it is easier to know whose applications to discard.

“Vivid” is a terrific word. Let’s find and share more examples of what is vivid.

“increasing focus on memorization and testing has been observed in education, including early years, that leaves no space for active exploration and playful learning” We know this is bad for students and society, yet we persist. #education #teaching

It is better to have doubt than it is to be certain about the wrong conclusion.

“By the time we are able to act on the world, our ability to learn has drastically diminished.” Bruce Wexler made this distressingly accurate observation of humans.

“I can live with doubt and uncertainty,” said no #DataDriven leader ever.

Humans tend to deny, discredit, forget that which disagrees with them. It does not serve use well in a global village.

“organizational members are unlikely to hold common perceptions of readiness when leaders communicate inconsistent messages or act in inconsistent ways,” it is almost like some #leaders are not familiar with the literature in their field.

I’be been reading lots on learning theory and research in the last couple of weeks... books, articles, handbooks. Why am I not reading about “measurable outcomes?” I mean, as much as we hear about them, there must be theory and research supporting their importance. Right?

How much resistance to change is recognition that one is not prepared/ qualified for the new systems?

Stephen Jay Gould on Intelligence Tests (IQ), the Nature - Nurture Controversy 1995 https://t.co/MIgb0Hgi32 in case you need a dose of reason to temper your focus on tests. #education

Just because a fact is true, your interpretation of it may not be.

It seems time to read Jared Diamond’s Collapse again.

The most useful theories are not true or false, but modifiable.

"The passion [to comprehend] is rather common in children but gets lost later on." -Albert Einstein

Listen to the careful and deliberate speech of qualified scientists and compare it to the advocates for any “data-driven” endeavor and you will understand who is more credible. #leadership #data #science

If you have no experience with a phenomenon, it is impossible to know if it is a problem.

“If it is contrary to my beliefs, it cannot be true.” This can have disastrous results.

“lack of transparency, corruption of messaging, and magnification of these distortions” are characteristics of communication in digital age... yeah... so... literacy is changing.

Students can be motivated and engaged, but not interested. Interested #students are motivated, engaged, interested. #education #teaching #highschool #highered