Notes from the curator, on the design of education.
Dr. Lee Jenkins on why inspection doesn’t create learning, and what does.
- Learning That Lasts: From Tracks to Turf
You glance toward the sidelines – the principal is the coach, and the parents are the fans. All are hopeful and very invested in your leadership. You are the quarterback with a team of students.
- Six Words to Create Learning That Lasts
Design: The structure for day to day, week to week, year to year flow for learning success for all students.
- Develop or Demand
Teachers love working for administrators who help them develop their talents, interests and abilities.
- Inspection and Learning
America has conducted a decades-long education experiment. If the number of inspections is increased, students will learn more. The inspection theory has been proven wrong.
- What do restaurant servers and teachers have in common?
We had been looking forward to our anniversary dinner for months. The restaurant was selected, and we drooled over the menu. Then disappointment arrived – big time.
- Design and Deliver
Architects design; contractors deliver. Engineers design; factories deliver. Chorographers design; dancers deliver. “Unknown” designed education; teachers deliver.