A recent article, “The schools where even young children change classes,” posted by the Hechinger Report had me go back and revisit a blog I wrote over 15 years ago that explored the same topic. My blog, “Platooning,” explored an article from Harvard Education Letter that described: “Platooning (or departmentalization) as nothing new. It’s what […]

Dr. Mark Williams, an Australian cognitive neuroscientist and author of, “The Connected Species: How the Evolution of the Human Brain Can Save the World,” frames connection as a fundamental social and neural bond that shapes how we perceive, think, and learn. Connection changes how we hear and see others. People whom we feel connected to […]

All of us are at different stages in our learning of a new skill from being unconsciously or consciously unskilled to being conscious or unconsciously skilled. Tom Gordon, the originator of Parent Effectiveness Training and Teacher Effectiveness Training identified theses stages. They provide a helpful understanding for those of us coaching and being coached. Read […]