The age old marshmallow test through an equity lens... theatlantic.com/family/archive…

"Do you remember cramming for a test, memorizing lots of information that felt unrelated and disconnected from anything you cared about, and then forgetting everything you memorized a few weeks later?" —Dr. Ulcca Hansen bit.ly/MmrztnTradLrng #edreimagined #edchat

We increasingly track what students know; but do we know whom they know? Check out Julia Freeland Fisher's latest blog post on the patchwork of data that reveals disparate access to relationships among America's students ow.ly/zgGB30knWPQ #WhoYouKnow #edtech

Work hard. Be nice. x.com/espn/status/10…

"Student-led conferences were crucial in helping parents realize their children could truly know themselves as learners, talk about their strengths and weakness, and verbalize the next steps in their learning." bit.ly/EnrlPrnts #edreimagined #edchat

Good summary of Ed Reform today. K-8 stay the course. High school: no $&* clue. educationnext.org/where-educatio…

Great summary on the challenges of true innovation in the social sector Lean Startup Co. leanstartup.co/what-makes-lea…

“The biggest threat to our democracy is not one individual. It’s not one big super-PAC billionaire. It’s apathy. It’s indifference, it’s us not doing what we are supposed to do.” - Obama. #midterms

This is worth unpacking. Imagine if education was designed for every learner to find their sweet spot?

Parkland leader college rejections are a major canary in the coal mine for the demise of traditional higher ed. nytimes.com/2018/03/29/us/…

Polymaths are the Jedis of the next generation medium.com/personal-growt…

I just published “Reflections from my own Learning Journey” medium.com/p/reflections-…

What’s the real skills gap? It’s the soft skills, stupid. No. 1: communications skills. We hear all the time we need STEM skills but new LinkedIn economic graph data show much bigger need for communications skills than software development skills.

I just published “Starting a fly wheel of motivation” medium.com/p/starting-a-f…

How must education change to prepare students for success in today’s jobs—and jobs that haven’t been invented yet? You guessed it: #DeeperLearning for ALL students. #edchat #PBL #PBLchat

Philosophy majors rule (yours truly and husband 🍭 Nader Akhnoukh included of course). #deeperlearning Robert E. Rubin: Philosophy Prepared Me for a Career in Finance and Government nyti.ms/2FuEWue

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” - Steve Jobs, Apple Inc. co-founder, chairman and CEO

This just heard: “hanging is one of my daily rituals”. WTF does that even mean?! #lovehate relationship with Tim Ferriss

Super fired up to be hitting the phones for this guy later tonight. Mike Johnston vimeo.com/269976756

Here’s how ‘renewable learning funds' can transform workforce development lnkd.in/dcqsEDy