How do we fix education?
Depends.
How serious are we?
Here’s our first checkpoint.
Get rid of grades.
The second checkpoint?
We’ll never get there.
We can do better.
#Project180
Depends.
How serious are we?
Here’s our first checkpoint.
Get rid of grades.
The second checkpoint?
We’ll never get there.
We can do better.
#Project180
November 3, 2026 at 12:59 PM
How do we fix education?
Depends.
How serious are we?
Here’s our first checkpoint.
Get rid of grades.
The second checkpoint?
We’ll never get there.
We can do better.
#Project180
Depends.
How serious are we?
Here’s our first checkpoint.
Get rid of grades.
The second checkpoint?
We’ll never get there.
We can do better.
#Project180
October 30, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Proudly playing school for 31 years.
Thought I’d give sarcasm a spin this morning.
Someday, maybe, I’ll find the right button to push to better education.
We can do better.
#Project180
Thought I’d give sarcasm a spin this morning.
Someday, maybe, I’ll find the right button to push to better education.
We can do better.
#Project180
November 4, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Proudly playing school for 31 years.
Thought I’d give sarcasm a spin this morning.
Someday, maybe, I’ll find the right button to push to better education.
We can do better.
#Project180
Thought I’d give sarcasm a spin this morning.
Someday, maybe, I’ll find the right button to push to better education.
We can do better.
#Project180
Kids can (and always could) learn without grades.
Problem is (by our own hands) we can’t seem to teach without them.
Not convinced?
Imagine teaching without grades.
Yep.
We did this.
We can do better.
#Project180
Problem is (by our own hands) we can’t seem to teach without them.
Not convinced?
Imagine teaching without grades.
Yep.
We did this.
We can do better.
#Project180
November 4, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Kids can (and always could) learn without grades.
Problem is (by our own hands) we can’t seem to teach without them.
Not convinced?
Imagine teaching without grades.
Yep.
We did this.
We can do better.
#Project180
Problem is (by our own hands) we can’t seem to teach without them.
Not convinced?
Imagine teaching without grades.
Yep.
We did this.
We can do better.
#Project180
Why not?
Think of all that hasn’t worked, all that isn’t working.
Or, even better, all that you think might.
Nothing has been fully figured out in education, especially grading, so go for it.
Dare different.
Brave better.
#Project180
Think of all that hasn’t worked, all that isn’t working.
Or, even better, all that you think might.
Nothing has been fully figured out in education, especially grading, so go for it.
Dare different.
Brave better.
#Project180
October 30, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Why not?
Think of all that hasn’t worked, all that isn’t working.
Or, even better, all that you think might.
Nothing has been fully figured out in education, especially grading, so go for it.
Dare different.
Brave better.
#Project180
Think of all that hasn’t worked, all that isn’t working.
Or, even better, all that you think might.
Nothing has been fully figured out in education, especially grading, so go for it.
Dare different.
Brave better.
#Project180
ED.
At some point kids come to realize they’ve been sortED.
And, then, we wonder why they’re so disillusionED.
Maybe if we’d prioritizED learning, instead of grading, they’d have been supportED.
And their story changED.
SupportED.
Not sortED.
Better EducatED.
#Project180
At some point kids come to realize they’ve been sortED.
And, then, we wonder why they’re so disillusionED.
Maybe if we’d prioritizED learning, instead of grading, they’d have been supportED.
And their story changED.
SupportED.
Not sortED.
Better EducatED.
#Project180
November 4, 2026 at 12:28 PM
ED.
At some point kids come to realize they’ve been sortED.
And, then, we wonder why they’re so disillusionED.
Maybe if we’d prioritizED learning, instead of grading, they’d have been supportED.
And their story changED.
SupportED.
Not sortED.
Better EducatED.
#Project180
At some point kids come to realize they’ve been sortED.
And, then, we wonder why they’re so disillusionED.
Maybe if we’d prioritizED learning, instead of grading, they’d have been supportED.
And their story changED.
SupportED.
Not sortED.
Better EducatED.
#Project180
Teaching’s hard right now.
Maybe harder than ever.
And, yeah, we could argue that.
And, yeah, we could point fingers everywhere.
Or (just a thought)
WE COULD QUIT DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER
…and over.
Yeah, we can do better.
#Project180
Maybe harder than ever.
And, yeah, we could argue that.
And, yeah, we could point fingers everywhere.
Or (just a thought)
WE COULD QUIT DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER
…and over.
Yeah, we can do better.
#Project180
October 31, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Teaching’s hard right now.
Maybe harder than ever.
And, yeah, we could argue that.
And, yeah, we could point fingers everywhere.
Or (just a thought)
WE COULD QUIT DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER
…and over.
Yeah, we can do better.
#Project180
Maybe harder than ever.
And, yeah, we could argue that.
And, yeah, we could point fingers everywhere.
Or (just a thought)
WE COULD QUIT DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER
…and over.
Yeah, we can do better.
#Project180
Yeah, I suppose, I do.
I do say some off-the-wall things about how we might better education.
But, I figure…
All in all, it’s another brick off the wall.
We built it.
We can break it.
And, we can rebuild it better. #Project180
I do say some off-the-wall things about how we might better education.
But, I figure…
All in all, it’s another brick off the wall.
We built it.
We can break it.
And, we can rebuild it better. #Project180
October 28, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Yeah, I suppose, I do.
I do say some off-the-wall things about how we might better education.
But, I figure…
All in all, it’s another brick off the wall.
We built it.
We can break it.
And, we can rebuild it better. #Project180
I do say some off-the-wall things about how we might better education.
But, I figure…
All in all, it’s another brick off the wall.
We built it.
We can break it.
And, we can rebuild it better. #Project180
“I’m just trying to figure it out.”
If you can say it, mean it, live it, then you are heading in the right direction.
The only ones who think it’s not are those who likely think they have figured it out.
And it is they who are lost.
Brave Better.
#Project180
If you can say it, mean it, live it, then you are heading in the right direction.
The only ones who think it’s not are those who likely think they have figured it out.
And it is they who are lost.
Brave Better.
#Project180
October 30, 2026 at 11:30 AM
“I’m just trying to figure it out.”
If you can say it, mean it, live it, then you are heading in the right direction.
The only ones who think it’s not are those who likely think they have figured it out.
And it is they who are lost.
Brave Better.
#Project180
If you can say it, mean it, live it, then you are heading in the right direction.
The only ones who think it’s not are those who likely think they have figured it out.
And it is they who are lost.
Brave Better.
#Project180
There’s getting through the content.
And there’s getting through to kids.
Or.
There’s teaching.
And there’s learning.
The difference is the difference.
We can do better.
#Project180
And there’s getting through to kids.
Or.
There’s teaching.
And there’s learning.
The difference is the difference.
We can do better.
#Project180
October 28, 2026 at 11:17 AM
There’s getting through the content.
And there’s getting through to kids.
Or.
There’s teaching.
And there’s learning.
The difference is the difference.
We can do better.
#Project180
And there’s getting through to kids.
Or.
There’s teaching.
And there’s learning.
The difference is the difference.
We can do better.
#Project180
I suspect some people think I think I’m a really good teacher.
If they only knew me.
For, if they did, they’d know I am simply a teacher who believes he can be (has to
be) a better teacher.
One day at a time.
Better.
#Project180
If they only knew me.
For, if they did, they’d know I am simply a teacher who believes he can be (has to
be) a better teacher.
One day at a time.
Better.
#Project180
October 27, 2026 at 11:15 AM
I suspect some people think I think I’m a really good teacher.
If they only knew me.
For, if they did, they’d know I am simply a teacher who believes he can be (has to
be) a better teacher.
One day at a time.
Better.
#Project180
If they only knew me.
For, if they did, they’d know I am simply a teacher who believes he can be (has to
be) a better teacher.
One day at a time.
Better.
#Project180
“We need to get serious about education in this country.”
“Serious.”
Maybe that’s the problem.
Maybe we need to be a little less serious.
We’re just humans teaching humans.
Let’s learn.
Let’s live.
Together.
We can (less) seriously do better.
#Project180
“Serious.”
Maybe that’s the problem.
Maybe we need to be a little less serious.
We’re just humans teaching humans.
Let’s learn.
Let’s live.
Together.
We can (less) seriously do better.
#Project180
October 15, 2026 at 11:42 AM
“We need to get serious about education in this country.”
“Serious.”
Maybe that’s the problem.
Maybe we need to be a little less serious.
We’re just humans teaching humans.
Let’s learn.
Let’s live.
Together.
We can (less) seriously do better.
#Project180
“Serious.”
Maybe that’s the problem.
Maybe we need to be a little less serious.
We’re just humans teaching humans.
Let’s learn.
Let’s live.
Together.
We can (less) seriously do better.
#Project180
All will learn.
Each will learn.
The folly in the former.
The wisdom in the latter.
We can do better.
#Project180
Each will learn.
The folly in the former.
The wisdom in the latter.
We can do better.
#Project180
October 14, 2026 at 1:11 PM
All will learn.
Each will learn.
The folly in the former.
The wisdom in the latter.
We can do better.
#Project180
Each will learn.
The folly in the former.
The wisdom in the latter.
We can do better.
#Project180
How important is learning?
Time is the tell.
The time we give it (or don’t) tells the truth.
We can do better.
#Project180
Time is the tell.
The time we give it (or don’t) tells the truth.
We can do better.
#Project180
October 15, 2026 at 11:19 AM
How important is learning?
Time is the tell.
The time we give it (or don’t) tells the truth.
We can do better.
#Project180
Time is the tell.
The time we give it (or don’t) tells the truth.
We can do better.
#Project180
October 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM
We’ll never get better from others, if we don’t want better for others.
We must evolve.
We. Together. Us.
We can do better.
#Project180
We must evolve.
We. Together. Us.
We can do better.
#Project180
October 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
We’ll never get better from others, if we don’t want better for others.
We must evolve.
We. Together. Us.
We can do better.
#Project180
We must evolve.
We. Together. Us.
We can do better.
#Project180
Instead of, “They gave me a grade.”
I dream of an educational existence where kids say, “They gave me feedback and another opportunity.”
Are we sorting or supporting?
We can do better.
#Project180
I dream of an educational existence where kids say, “They gave me feedback and another opportunity.”
Are we sorting or supporting?
We can do better.
#Project180
October 9, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Instead of, “They gave me a grade.”
I dream of an educational existence where kids say, “They gave me feedback and another opportunity.”
Are we sorting or supporting?
We can do better.
#Project180
I dream of an educational existence where kids say, “They gave me feedback and another opportunity.”
Are we sorting or supporting?
We can do better.
#Project180
Are you better than you were?
Will you be better than you are?
Then you’re a good teacher.
Actually, you’re a great teacher.
Do. Reflect. Do Better.
#Project180
Will you be better than you are?
Then you’re a good teacher.
Actually, you’re a great teacher.
Do. Reflect. Do Better.
#Project180
October 9, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Are you better than you were?
Will you be better than you are?
Then you’re a good teacher.
Actually, you’re a great teacher.
Do. Reflect. Do Better.
#Project180
Will you be better than you are?
Then you’re a good teacher.
Actually, you’re a great teacher.
Do. Reflect. Do Better.
#Project180
Yes.
Yes, it would look different.
Drastically different.
If we could reboot education.
We can do better.
#Project180
Yes, it would look different.
Drastically different.
If we could reboot education.
We can do better.
#Project180
October 9, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Yes.
Yes, it would look different.
Drastically different.
If we could reboot education.
We can do better.
#Project180
Yes, it would look different.
Drastically different.
If we could reboot education.
We can do better.
#Project180
Boring.
Can we not get a little jiggy with it?
Education reform.
Tired of the same old answers to the age old question.
How do we make education better?
Let’s break out of our box.
Not like we got much to lose.
We can do better.
#Project180
Can we not get a little jiggy with it?
Education reform.
Tired of the same old answers to the age old question.
How do we make education better?
Let’s break out of our box.
Not like we got much to lose.
We can do better.
#Project180
October 9, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Boring.
Can we not get a little jiggy with it?
Education reform.
Tired of the same old answers to the age old question.
How do we make education better?
Let’s break out of our box.
Not like we got much to lose.
We can do better.
#Project180
Can we not get a little jiggy with it?
Education reform.
Tired of the same old answers to the age old question.
How do we make education better?
Let’s break out of our box.
Not like we got much to lose.
We can do better.
#Project180
Compliance.
Commitment.
Teacher-centered.
Learner-centered.
Control.
Freedom.
Artificial.
Authentic.
We can do better.
#Project180
Commitment.
Teacher-centered.
Learner-centered.
Control.
Freedom.
Artificial.
Authentic.
We can do better.
#Project180
October 8, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Compliance.
Commitment.
Teacher-centered.
Learner-centered.
Control.
Freedom.
Artificial.
Authentic.
We can do better.
#Project180
Commitment.
Teacher-centered.
Learner-centered.
Control.
Freedom.
Artificial.
Authentic.
We can do better.
#Project180
The majority of my 30 year career has happened during the Age of Data.
What’s the biggest difference I now see 30 years later?
We have more data.
Are kids learning better?
Are teachers teaching better?
We have more data.
We can do better.
#Project180
What’s the biggest difference I now see 30 years later?
We have more data.
Are kids learning better?
Are teachers teaching better?
We have more data.
We can do better.
#Project180
October 8, 2026 at 11:26 AM
The majority of my 30 year career has happened during the Age of Data.
What’s the biggest difference I now see 30 years later?
We have more data.
Are kids learning better?
Are teachers teaching better?
We have more data.
We can do better.
#Project180
What’s the biggest difference I now see 30 years later?
We have more data.
Are kids learning better?
Are teachers teaching better?
We have more data.
We can do better.
#Project180
At year 20, I had to get gone or get better.
So, I gave every kid an “A”
on the first day—for the rest of the year.
I turned things upside down to find better.
#Project180
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So, I gave every kid an “A”
on the first day—for the rest of the year.
I turned things upside down to find better.
#Project180
a.co/d/060rLarR
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October 8, 2026 at 11:09 AM
At year 20, I had to get gone or get better.
So, I gave every kid an “A”
on the first day—for the rest of the year.
I turned things upside down to find better.
#Project180
a.co/d/060rLarR
So, I gave every kid an “A”
on the first day—for the rest of the year.
I turned things upside down to find better.
#Project180
a.co/d/060rLarR
I didn’t find it in a spreadsheet.
Anything I’ve learned about teaching and learning over my 30 year career has only come from one place.
In the classroom, face to face.
With kids.
The trees in the forest.
We can do better.
#Project180
Anything I’ve learned about teaching and learning over my 30 year career has only come from one place.
In the classroom, face to face.
With kids.
The trees in the forest.
We can do better.
#Project180
October 8, 2026 at 11:40 AM
I didn’t find it in a spreadsheet.
Anything I’ve learned about teaching and learning over my 30 year career has only come from one place.
In the classroom, face to face.
With kids.
The trees in the forest.
We can do better.
#Project180
Anything I’ve learned about teaching and learning over my 30 year career has only come from one place.
In the classroom, face to face.
With kids.
The trees in the forest.
We can do better.
#Project180
Becoming a better teacher meant letting go of becoming a good teacher in (as) the end.
There’s no end.
We never get good.
Only better.
Do. Reflect. Do Better.
#Project180
There’s no end.
We never get good.
Only better.
Do. Reflect. Do Better.
#Project180
October 6, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Becoming a better teacher meant letting go of becoming a good teacher in (as) the end.
There’s no end.
We never get good.
Only better.
Do. Reflect. Do Better.
#Project180
There’s no end.
We never get good.
Only better.
Do. Reflect. Do Better.
#Project180