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 …
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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, …
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Voice is Cheap
Student voice is good. We should take the needs, interests, concerns, talent, curiosity, discomfort, and joy of children seriously. (pretty courageous statement, eh?) However, if …
One in a Million
I suppose that school IT departments are a necessary evil, but that does not change the fact that 999 out of 1,000 of them are …