There is No Such Thing as Digital Leadership
Digital Leadership and boondoggles like “Digital Learning Day” are just meaningless word salad. If you were to define it, I’d likely weep at the reality …
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Leadership is Clarity, Consistency, and Coherence
In the absence of a clear and publicly articulated vision for a school or district and a misguided quest for the holy grail of balance, the …
Leadership is About Subtraction
Any good school leader knows that they can’t keep piling new mandates on teachers and kids. Yet, few school leaders and policy makers seemingly refuse …
You Don’t Get to Call Yourself a School Reformer
It seems to me that “school reformer” is not a title one gets to bestow upon herself. Like genius and artist, “reformer,” is a title …
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The Case for Computing (2003)
The Case for Computing By Gary S. Stager A chapter from the book, Snapshots! Educational Insights from the Thornburg Center Stager, G. (2003). The Case for …
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Gary Stager’s Full ASCD Interview About Making
Following my presentation at the March ASCD National Conference, Sarah McKibben of ASCD interviewed me for an article, If You Build It: Tinkering with the Maker …
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TEDs? I’ve Had a Few…
Read all about my 2017 TED Talk, Care Less or watch it below. This is my 4th and most recent TED Talk. All of my …
Computational Thinking?
Candidly, I have not been enthusiastic about teaching “computational thinking” to kids. In nearly every case, computational thinking seemed to be a dodge intended to …
NEW! International Strategy for 1:1 Implementation
The following new strategy for 1:1 implementation in schools has been based on careful observation of emerging standards and implementation patterns across the globe. Step …
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Wasted Intensity
“Young people have a remarkable capacity for intensity….” Those words, uttered by one of America’s leading public intellectuals, Dr. Leon Botstein, President of Bard College, …