I the Lord have spoken; the time is coming, I will act.
I will not refrain, I will not spare, I will not relent.
According to your ways and your doings
I will judge you, says the Lord God.
–Ezekiel 24:14
If we already know what good teaching and learning look like, why aren’t we engaging in them already in our schools? How have systemic socio-economic structures contributed to the crisis facing education today? What forces are thwarting the reforms we now have evidence truly work? In other words, as the cliché goes: “what’s wrong with this picture?”
That is the central topic we will examine in this final section of the project, and while the list of potential answers could fill a library, we will focus on what I believe are the three most significant ones: our society’s inadequate investment in our children (Chapter 7); the danger true educational reform presents to our existing social order (Chapter 8); and the impact of the technological revolution on our brains (Chapter 9).
Author’s note: the story presented in “Not Their Fault” has been approved for publishing by the individual’s involved, with certain details altered to protect privacy; please see notes for details.
Author’s note: the story presented in “Not Good Enough” is a deliberately fictious composite based on several real events to protect privacy; please see notes for details.
Author’s Note: my early reviewers who have been helping me with this project have suggested to me that the material in Chapter 8 may need some extra “digesting” to process its full argument; they want to encourage any readers to take a second pass at it a few days after the first read through.
Author’s note: the story presented in “Uncomfortable Conversations” is a deliberate composite of numerous similar events to protect privacy; please see notes for details
Light a Candle 