Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Galileo was correct about much, but I wish educators had forgotten he wrote “measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not.”

My collection of unwatched webinar recordings is almost as big as my collection of unread PDF's.... but I have very few unread books on my shelves.

Knowing how to get very precise answers to calculations doesn’t mean you should... the meaning of the answer may get lost in the unnecessary precision.

Online discussions are discussions not talking to the teacher and getting responses from the teacher.

"PD" for most educators is really "propaganda deployment" and teachers are taught very dubious methods and approaches.

OK, I’ve heard/ seen some statements from folks in #education whose words suggest they have forgotten that Deming was talking to *manufacturers.* You who work in education are in a vastly different field.

If you have no writing (or quipu or similar artifacts), how does one “look it up?”

"Wheel spinning groups" is my new favorite term.

"Poor email hygiene" is my favorite term of the week.

“False categorization and pejorative designations” are a long tradition.

The other day an owl was in a tree just outside my neighbor’s house. I realized they probably couldn’t see it. We are probably now “those creeps who were looking at our house through binoculars” to them.

“Get your free ebook” and “download our open access book” are not the same.

"Why are we doing this?" If we can't answer this, then why are we bothering?

Vacuous praise in public is not the same as building culture.

I’m a Talking Heads fan, except when the term describes one’s approach to education.

“Educational determinism” (the idea that one can know with certainty how to teach anything and everything) eludes all who seek it... those who are the best teachers relish the fact such a thing does not exist.

People are clever, but almost no one ever devised an optimal quip precisely at the needed moment. -Stephen Jay Gould

Correlation and causation are not the same. Seriously folks, your “ed research” instructor taught you this.

Here is your regular reminder... if your answer begins with “it is simple...” then you are wrong.

Here is your regular reminder to state the opinions upon which you base your facts.