by Jim Knight | Jul 21, 2013 | Instructional Coaching, Learning From Video, Professional Learning |
Given the opportunity to speak at the Learning Forward Summer Conference, I asked myself, what would be the message I would consider most important to share with a large audience of educational leaders? I decided that I should make my case that autonomy and...
by Jim Knight | Mar 22, 2013 | Professional Learning, School Reform |
Shame … is like an exposed nerve on a wisdom tooth, something to be avoided at all costs. The shadow of shame kills art. Seth Godin, The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly Getting a clear picture of reality is an essential part of professional growth. When...
by Jim Knight | Mar 29, 2011 | Professional Learning |
I wasn’t a very good student when I was in high school. Rightly or wrongly, I saw many school rules as unnecessary power trips, only in place to keep me in place. I did my best to fight those rules at every turn. But I did worse things than fight the rules. One of...
by Jim Knight | Sep 8, 2010 | Professional Learning, School Reform |
Look up radical at dictionary.com, and you will see that when used as an adjective the word refers to “going to the root,” “fundamental,” or “thorough or extreme especially as regards change from accepted or traditional forms.” Similarly, the Oxford English Dictionary...
