Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

I’m an #edtech professional, but I don’t want edtech companies teaching teachers.

If some leaders didn’t focus on red herrings, they’d have nothing to do.

I’ve worked in education for decades. I’ve come to expect the rationale for decisions and situations to be changed immediately when the current rationale is found to lack credibility.

Telling IT when you are available is not the same as scheduling a technician at that time.

If you reject science, that is up to you, but when leaders reject it, then we all suffer.

"Failure is a great teacher" seems disingenuous if it is "someone" else (teacher, test, etc.) that is defining the failure.

“We don’t have money for that” emails are often followed by “we have an opening for a new administrator.” #education #highereducation

Folks who think AI can generate worthy content have not spent enough time reading great writers.

Ray Wylie Hubbard was correct when he observed, “A enlightenment, B endarkenment, hint there is no C.”

Personal incredulity isn’t evidence.

A blog post on planning and goals:
https://hackscience.education/2018/12/17/planning-and-goals/

It was funny to see the unreasonable illogical takes on situations, but then I realized they actually believe their BS.

There is a population of teachers who only want those students who don't need to be taught in their classrooms. I really dislike those teachers,

Did you ever notice students have their own interests and motivations, and that many are not as enamored with your curriculum as you are? I have... and those are the students we must work the hardest to engage with interesting problems and questions. #education

Schools are perpetually beginning new practices, so none ever really influences teaching. A colleague commented on this and observed, “It is probably best that none of these reforms ever gain traction. I have never seen any that is as effective as they claim.”

Educational paradigms that focus on instruction and measure achievement with standardized tests are naïve and ignore the facts of human nature and the skills necessary for full participation in the emerging culture.

Teachers, faculties, schools, and the entire education system will be prepared for digital generations only when educators accept the challenge of reinventing (and continuing to reinvent) their practice.

Superintendents ask assistant principals to investigate ethics claims against principals in their schools. Are we surprised no ethics troubles are ever found?

“There is no rule against it,” is not a reason you should.

The more certain you are, the more I’m skeptical of whatever you say.