Despite the rumors, school improvement is hard. It's not about a single passionate leader. It's not about "fixing" teachers and teaching or parents and parenting. It's not about poverty. It's not about money. And it's not about standards. It's about all of them. And more.
In this column, I'll take on the real deal of school improvement—for all schools, not just certain kinds. And for all kids. Because it's not about quick fixes or checking off the instant strategy of the moment. It's about saying, "Yes, and...", not "Yes, but..."; no matter what our circumstances are. It's about asking ourselves the best questions.
The best questions are those we ask ourselves. Personally. Individually. They are not the rhetoric-laden subtly fault-finding or responsibility-avoiding calls to action which permeate Twitter posts and website headlines, but the first person singular translations of those thoughts. What will I do? What do I do? How will I change?