Why We Need To Invest In Teachers
The Trump administration has proposed $2.4 billion in FY2018 cuts to one of the most important...
How to Build a Strong Classroom Environment
When Mr. Freeman, a fourth grade teacher at Du Bois Integrity, began his first year of teaching...
Introducing The Rigor Project
According to the “Teachers Know Best” report from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, teachers are...
Surprises from Bloom’s “2 Sigma Problem”
I recently heard Jim Shelton, President of Chan Zuckerberg Education, speak about Benjamin Bloom’s...
PowerMyLearning Receives a Combined $6.5 Million in Grant Funding
NEW YORK, January 24, 2017— PowerMyLearning has received a combined $6.5 million in grant funding...
Three things we’ve learned about student ownership of learning
The promise of instilling ownership of learning in students has been proffered for decades. Ask...
What America can learn from the world’s smartest schools
Since 2000, the Program for International School Assessment (PISA) has been testing high-school...
Step Inside a PowerMyLearning Partner School
I invite you to watch a brief NationSwell video about PowerMyLearning and why I love coming to work...
PowerMyLearning Awarded a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Grant
(San Jose, CA) November 15, 2016—PowerMyLearning, a national education nonprofit, today announced...
Lose your focus to solve THIS problem
Have you ever had a sudden insight, or a “Eureka!” moment? One of those times when you’re working...
Have we gotten “Mastery Learning” wrong?
The expression “mastery learning” is frequently used in the personalized learning space. I often...