Most education "experts" and think tank folks spend their days diagnosing what's wrong with schools.
They write papers. They complain on X. They debate policy from 30,000 feet.
I'm in the kitchen actually cooking.
New in the U-Turns series:
→ Why I left the corporate charter world
→ Mise en Place: how I actually set up shop
→ A Dish for Us: the prevention model we're building (K-2 Learn to Read / 3-5 Read to Learn, direct instruction, two principals, no fads)
This coming Saturday:
→ Hiring the Cooks: Principal and Director Hiring
May 9:
→ Teacher Talent: Using James Clear and TLAC to create a development system and incentive system that seems to be working
No grandiose missions. No ed-tech savior complex. Just preventing gaps instead of endlessly trying to close them.
If you're tired of commentary without creation, this one's for you.
jrobinson.substack.com/p/a-dish-for-u…
Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform”@MrDanielBuck
What an embarrassment Only two percent, TWO PERCENT of teachers say they learned about effective literacy instruction (i.e. phonics) in their teacher prep program
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