Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Ask “why?” until you get to the root. Design from there.

Do we include humnas when documenting the infrastructure in schools?

Schools are trying to do so much, they end up doing nothing.

Design for sustainable education.

I’m unsure how we work in education if we aren’t flexible and iterative... but that seems contrary to how we approach planning.

Geolocation is protected under FERPA? Who “woulda” thought about this a few year ago?

What we design into classrooms matters.

“If the best stay best and the worst stay worst, are you really teaching.” #teacher #education #highschool #highereducation #teacherlife

I distrust all leaders incapable of saying what’s wrong with their plan.

How you act and react when faced with contrary evidence or unexpected results tells a lot about you. I can spot those who have a background in science (or at least approach problems with a science-like mind set) and I give their ideas more credence.

If you can’t say why you are not qualified for a position, you are not qualified for it.

I’ve always thought one of #leadership’s most important rolls was to block stupid ideas from trickling down. Either I was wrong or they largely fail... at least in #education... in my experience.

When all events and situations are interpreted in terms of political affiliation, we have lost all capacity for rationality.

Explaining what to do, but not why one does it, is like saying, “this is magic,” and we understand the world about as much as we do when watching a conjuring show.

“Yeah, you have a strong argument, but your assumptions are not based in reality,” is a difficult message to comprehend.

Maple syrup comes from trees and rickety wooded buildings that are used only a few weeks per year. All other brown liquids topping pancakes and similar carbohydrate-rich foods are apocryphal.

How we define “learning” matters. It really does.

Yes, that method worked for you, but your students are not all like you.

Working on a tactful way to day, “If you really care about students learning, then you would organize you class differently.”

When the primary goal of education is creating data... it has failed its real purpose.