Students are grouped by age, but they learn at different rates. A grades-by-age chart, state cutoffs and the case for placement by readiness.

How do we increase student motivation? Grades act as an extrinsic motivator, however, that is not how kids learn though. What if we got rid of grades?

Not everyone can master multiple subjects and yet, education is still built around making students Renaissance Learners. This article addresses that paradox.

I am in my 25th year in education, and I can say, without any compunction, that it is more difficult to be a teacher now than it ever has been in my career. The problem is not what you think it would be. It is a challenge to be a teacher for one simple reason; you never know what is going to be the next topic of turmoil.

In order for students to be innovators, their teachers need to use innovative teaching methods. If we take a chance, there is no telling where we can take it.

Unique Teaching Pedagogy-I couldn’t help thinking as we left the playing field how each of the team’s played like they were taught in the classroom.

Assessment for Success- Why do we require students to regurgitate information that will only benefit them should they get a chance to be on Jeopardy?

If you were to look at the highest performing districts on standardized tests in your state, you will find many challenges to identifying gifted children.

Teachers either believe that a student either has motivation or does not; and there is nothing they can do about it. But what goes into teaching motivation?

For years I have been telling teachers and writing books espousing the idea that if you make your learning engaging enough through student driven learning.

Many books are designed to help students score better on a cognitive gifted tests. Many have concerns about test prep for cognitive testing.

Gifted education doesn’t have any consistency within states and how there needs to be national education standards for gifted programs.

Unique Pathways to Success- Education needs to do a better job of realizing that many professions for students are not one’s school is getting them ready for.

Students are being prevented from using creativity more and more because we want them to be able to produce the learning that is on the outside of the box (i.e., the state testing).

COVID has shut down business as usual at most schools and students are learning in virtual classrooms a lot more than they used to.