Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

“We talk about schools as if they are uniformly good or bad, as if we have complete knowledge of them, and as if there is agreement about the practices and outcomes of most value.” #education #schools

If you need it, design it and make it. #STEMeducation

“We have discovered it; we understand it; we have made some sense of nature’s confusion.” - Stephen Jay Gould reminds us of the true goal of #teachers #learning. #education

If x = the current number of committees, then the answer to the question is x-1.

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas. - Linus Pauling

“Nature does not always match our faulty intuitions.” -Stephen Jay Gould

“Natural selection is therefore a principal of local adaptation, not of general advance or progress.” -Gould #biology #science #evolution

“Theory, of course, permeates everything we do.”

I’m take on the “myth of learning styles” whenever I encounter it. The range of responses is interesting, but most common is “what do we replace them with?” #education #learning #teaching

When tackling complex social problems, it's crucial to avoid simplistic, one-size-fits-all solutions.

Engaging diverse stakeholders and considering their values is essential for creating acceptable and effective solutions to social problems.

Nature often comes to us as irreducible continua. -Stephen Jay Gould

Not all patterns have meaning.

Any system designed around the average person is doomed to fail. - Todd Rose #education #teachergoals #teach #LeadershipDevelopment #LeadershipMatters #Management #designthinking #design

Talent is multidimensional and jagged.

I hate to tell you the number of principals in K-12 schools who have told me #libraries are not needed in their schools. I am always embarrassed for them and shocked they cannot be dissuaded.

Tradition is the prison where change is detained. -Israelmore Ayivor

Reading a chapter about how human brains and ethics. Seems a little surreal given the political climate and actions of the government.

#learning is hard #thinking is hard.

Denial of evidence and observation is a quaint, but idiotic, stance.