Published inEducate.Careers and Callings: Four Ways to Reinvent Adolescent LearningCONTENT WARNING: This piece raises issues of mental health and suicide. Cora, the name used here, is a pseudonym.May 20, 2021May 20, 2021
Magical Discovery or Big Brother Watching? Six Questions to Assess Student Assessments.Earlier this week, the De Blasio Administration proposed universal assessments for NYC schools. Will this truly help children…Apr 28, 2021Apr 28, 2021
NYC’s “Summer Rising” Calls for School Partnerships. Here Are Five Ways to Make those Work.Today is the one day of the week my son will come home from school full of stories. On Wednesdays, a group of teachers go bouldering at…Apr 14, 20211Apr 14, 20211
Four Things NYC Can Do Now to Help Kids Come Back to Learning in the SummerSince starting my blog on the challenges of one kid in this COVID year, I have heard many stories from other families.Mar 22, 2021Mar 22, 2021
Et Tu, Snow Days?More than a foot of snow fell on New York yesterday. In any other year, this would have meant a snow day. Not this year.Feb 2, 2021Feb 2, 2021
Four Ways to Help Students Turn the Corner from Failure to Success in the PandemicFor those keeping score, my sixth-grader has gone from failing several classes to the cusp of honors as we head into the holidays. Here…Dec 23, 2020Dec 23, 2020
Five Ways to Make Grading Systems Better for Students in Remote LearningIn the last week, I have watched my sixth-grader struggle with the online message of grades, surprised to see he was failing three classes…Nov 23, 20203Nov 23, 20203
Founding Eskolta, and Leaving Eskolta: Carrying Hope from Schools to SystemsI founded Eskolta School Research and Design a little more than a decade ago. Now, $25 million and more than 200 school and district…Nov 17, 2020Nov 17, 2020
Making an Online Classroom a Little More Caring with Opportunity-to-Learn QuestionsLast week, I had the chance to attend a meeting of the National Conference on School Assessment. The audience is largely state…Oct 14, 2020Oct 14, 2020
Four Tips for Engaging Students RemotelyAs we get into a new year of remote learning with all its challenges, I wanted to see if I can offer some insights from my twenty years…Oct 3, 2020Oct 3, 2020
