LEARNING CURVE:
A BLOG

Here are some of the many things we’ve been thinking about. Please share your thoughts and feedback in the comments field at the bottom of each post!

Apr 6, 20225 min read

Where do we go from here?

I woke up this morning to an article from the Atlantic in my newsfeed: “Why People are Acting so Weird.” The author, Olga Khazan, notes...

Feb 5, 20204 min read

Inviting Others In

Three days from now, my local school board will vote on a proposal to close my neighborhood elementary school. The vote follows 14 weeks...

Jan 22, 20206 min read

A Beacon of Excellence – and Agency

A few months ago, I wrote about a visit to The Avalon School in St. Paul, Minnesota. Avalon is a small, teacher-powered school that has...

Nov 6, 20195 min read

With Agency for All

Feeling powerless is frustrating and stressful, William Stixrud and Ned Johnson write in their book, The Self-Driven Child: The Science...

Oct 22, 20195 min read

Families as Partners, Part Two

Last week my wise and compassionate colleague Sara authored a blog post about what educators can do to create positive and respectful...

Oct 15, 20194 min read

Families as Partners

If you’re a teacher or administrator, I want you to take a moment and think back to the last interaction you had with a student’s family...

Nov 7, 20184 min read

Education is political.

Education is political. We live in a country where decisions about curriculum, testing, and graduation requirements aren’t solely in the...

Oct 30, 20185 min read

#GoCrickets: Fall Creek, WI

I love going on school visits. As a teacher, I was never able to leave my classroom to see someone else’s more than once or twice in a...

Sep 18, 20184 min read

Cultivating Interest & Curiosity

Talking to members of Francis W. Parker’s Class of 2019 has been a love of mine since 2013, when they entered the school as 7th graders,...

May 29, 20183 min read

Why Important Work Matters

Sara and I have been thinking a lot about what students are able to do and under what conditions. We’ve been talking with innovative...

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