Stop the pretending to #MakeSchoolDifferent

(Taken from mguhlin.org)

We must START ...

1. ​Coaching each student or staff member at their level
2. Reaching each student to become better
3. Encouraging kids to find their passion and don’t give up.
4. Making time for collaboration.
5. Embracing the chaos where students find a new gear that they never even knew they had.

We must STOP …

1. Pretending that teachers can actually teach in ways described in the classroom learning activity rubric while preparing children for high-stakes assessments.
2. Pretending that depending on the power of social media to transform schools’ structures and systems.
3. Pretending that schools today are set up for collaboration, both for teachers and students.
4. Pretending that the latest book on leadership, transformation, Web 2.0, or grading practices will reform an education system.
5. Pretending that curriculum leaders and technologists will magically collaborate to transform classrooms.