by Paul Costello | Mar 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
The big question facing all educators is how we measure academic success? We measure performance using tests, exams, assignments, behavior, and the rest. But what kind of success are we actually measuring? If the ultimate goal of schools is to teach students how to be...
by Paul Costello | Mar 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
While the school system invests in testing students to make sure they are on target, they also invest in teachers to make them as professional and prepared as they can be. The result though is one way. The teacher is evaluating the pupils. The...
by Paul Costello | Mar 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
When my father died, you left a voice mail and I could hear you crying. When my child was born, you gave us your son’s shoes which he never got to wear. When my birthday came around, you did not send a gift but you marked it on your calendar as if it meant...
by Paul Costello | Mar 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Recently, one of our members shared a story of one student who had been struggling to pass his exams and complete his assignments. He has been making great strides but on the latest assignment, he was late and the teacher gave him a C. He saw that as a setback...
by Paul Costello | Mar 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Invited into a New Story After we have identified the stories that are not working for learning, we have to find a way into a new story. And because a story is about change, about something before and after, about transformation, we have to change the plot- meaning we...
by Paul Costello | Mar 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
What are the stories that get in the way of learning? But part of the problem is that before we had any say in it, we were born into certain stories about us by reason of our region,race and gender. Or our faith and class and sexual identity. We inherit a legacy that...