The Problem of the Portrait

One of the recent trends in schools has been the creation of a “portrait of a graduate.” This is a process through which a school district, with input from students, teachers, administrators, parents, and community members, defines the characteristics we want our students to leave us with. Usually, an outside consultant is brought in to help the school through this process. The consultant helps brainstorm … Continue reading The Problem of the Portrait

Wicked Problems

“Why does the wifi go down every day?” I was caught off-guard. The wifi doesn’t go down every day. The wifi doesn’t really ever go down. Occasionally, we’ll have a problem with an access point, but one of the other ones just picks up the slack automatically until the problem is fixed. I checked the logs. The wifi is fine. “It must be the Internet, … Continue reading Wicked Problems