Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Solutions to wicked problems are experienced by individuals, meaning the implementation has a direct and lasting impact on people's lives and understanding. For instance, a new mathematics curriculum impacts how students learn and perceive mathematics.

A "wicked problem" is complex, ill-defined, and lacks a clear solution. Education is a wicked problem because it involves multiple stakeholders with diverse perspectives, changing societal contexts, and unpredictable outcomes.

Suspect a data breach? Report it immediately, secure operations, fix vulnerabilities, and notify impacted parties. Staying silent is the worst thing.

Data security is a key part of data governance, helping to maintain data integrity and protect sensitive information. Understand access requirements, encryption, and secure transmission. #CyberSecurity #DataProtection

Data governance is about the policies to protect people and the integrity of data. It ensures data is clean, accessible, and easy to use. Too often this is ignored by "data-driven leaders."

Another post for students in data analytics class:
https://hackscience.education/2025/04/20/chi-squared-test/

A blog post on simple linear regression for data analytics students:
https://hackscience.education/2025/04/20/simple-liner-regression/

When a term starts to lose meaning, go back and find the original definition.

“Mathematics are not observable.” 🤔

Every now and then, I impress myself with the quality of a sentence I write. Of course, the next day, I change it... but for that brief time... it was wonderful.

Do not confuse schooling and learning; schooling and teaching. They are done for different purposes and they are not necessarily related.

Only cooperation constitutes a process that can produce reason. - Jean Piaget

“Conclusions are the consequence, not the essence.” -Stephen Jay Gould

“You have to have a catcher, because if you don’t, you will have lots of past balls.” -Casey Stengel

When leaders push back on ideas, it is usually because they do not understand them.

I thought we didn’t use the term to define itself.

Learning from mistakes necessitates one first admit a mistake. That’s one reason such learning is a rarely-honed skill.

“Independent inventors have never lacked for ideas. Rather, they have traditionally stumbled at the point of assembling the necessary investment capital and a community of expertise to develop and commercialize those ideas.”

In the 16th century, “Innovators were those who transgressed the disciplinary order and intended to change it for evil purposes....” Some people maintain that belief.

“Innovation is not an inherent social good,” is a true statement. “The status quo is not an inherent social good,” is also a true statement.