School Reform and Balance
This month I became the aunty to the two most amazing identical twin baby girls. There are so many things that I can not wait to do with the little ladies, teach them, and see who they become. As we sat in the hospital shortly after they were born on Valentines day, my mom and the girl's other grandparents wondered about the world they would grow up in and how different it would be. The world today is so much more complex for our students and it continues to change every day. My mom started talking about the impact of social media and wondering if the girls would ever drive a car. I found myself wondering about when the education world would finally wake-up and start seriously making some changes to this outdated model that we continue to try and patch new initiatives into rather than rebuilding from scratch. I spend countless hours reading and engaging with other educators across the globe who know that the system is broken, yet year after year, I go back to the same system with t...