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Switching Paradigms Mid Stream

This is part 6 of a series that tells a story intended to help people understand the cultural context of changes happening in education. At-Risk to Using Data Most federal education grants are multi-year grants.  When these paradigm changes happened, we were in the...

The Cross-Over Period

This is part 5 of a series that tells a story intended to help people understand the cultural context of changes happening in education. I am calling the cross-over period the time when education is changing from aligning services based on demographic characteristics...

Enter the Era of Data

This is part 4 of a series that tells a story intended to help people understand the cultural context of changes happening in education. Then came No Child Left Behind (NCLB).  With NCLB, states had to change their standardized tests from testing aptitude for learning...

Snake Oil Comes in Many Flavors

This is part 3 of a series that tells a story intended to help people understand the cultural context of changes happening in education. From Oxford Dictionary: snake oil /ˈsnāk ˌoil/ noun informal•North American noun: snake oil; noun: snakeoil a substance with no...

Perpetually At Risk

This is part 2 of a series that tells a story intended to help people understand the cultural context of changes happening in education. Prior to 2006, most federal and state education grants described the programs they wanted to fund in terms of demographic...

Paradigm Shift in Public Education

From Merriam Webster: paradigm shift noun Definition of paradigm shift formal : an important change that happens when the usual way of thinking about or doing something is replaced by a new and different way This is part 1 of a series that tells a story intended to...