“Belonging is vital, but far too often we settle for its cheap cousin, fitting in”. @stevemagness.bsky.social #WinTheInsideGame

“Clarity doesn’t mean aiming or hoping for perfection. It means dealing with the messiness…the contrasting pull for status and contentment”. I feel like school leaders know this battle intimately @stevemagness.bsky.social #WinTheInsideGame #HISDAdminChat

“When your employees are consulted, they will contribute. When they are empowered, they will act. When they are trusted, they will lead.” #Reset #DanHeath

“In situations where we want to see quick improvement, we often have the instinct to take more control. We grab the wheel ourselves. That’s exactly the wrong approach because we need people‘s investment and their energy.” #Reset #DanHeath

“The problem comes when we mistake, functional understanding for systemic understanding; we think because we can use something that we understand it.” How many school leaders are falling into this trap? #Reset #DanHeath #SkyEdu

“Glaring problems are sometimes the legacy of past solutions, improvisations and workarounds.” #Reset #DanHeath

“The curse of a bad set of habits is that all the unnecessary things you’re doing actually come to seem necessary.” #Reset #DanHeath

Great questions that I don’t have complete answers for, or wish I had better ones. The expediency of using averages is (unfortunately) appealing due to the mountain of competing tasks teachers have to manage. Removing grades is possible, but other asks need to be removed as well. #sunchat

This is spot on @gastoncindy.bsky.social; it often feels like the task is Herculean to maintain the balance between meeting ‘expectations’ while ensuring the magic is happening on our campus.

I began to rethink how we’ve historically practiced grading many years ago after reading a piece by Ken O’Connor; it demonstrated the dangers of using averages. Seems like it obscures the value of our paths to mastery. #UngradingChat #SkyEdu

The Idea You Never Had danatcondit.wordpress.com #blogpost #EduSky