concerned, then upset, with what is happening in schools today. The system I went through up until the late 'aughts, fraught with its problems as it was, nonetheless succeeded in turning out everyone over 30 today. 

Over the last few years, though I have begun connecting dots I see around us in the daily goings-on in society and have noticed a disturbing vector taking shape - from the death of civil discourse to political extremism on both sides, to rampant illiteracy and lack of basic skills among adults, and more - all of which points back, I think, to the slow, steady decline of the quality of education our children are getting today. None of which bodes well for the world they will inherit tomorrow; evidence of which you can see too if you look closely.  

That's why I wanted to start this movement - to connect as many dots as we can in what is going wrong with education today, and - equally as important - to begin to take purposeful, decisive action to make it better, as quickly as we can, even if it is just in one classroom at a time. I know there are lots of things individual teachers can do - and I am doing as many of them as I can figure out how to do - but I also know that most of the problems we face are at the same time culture-level problems, and cannot even be fixed by a district superintendent, legislation, or imperial decree. 

That's why we need to start where we are, with what we can do. This is what I can do. 

Here's what you'll find here:  

Different pages talk about the related problems facing education today. Among them are "Screens in school" the elephant in the room today, but also Artificial Intelligence, Grade Inflation, Chronic Absenteeism, Careerism versus learning, This Teaching Life, Inside My Classroom, and others. On each of these pages I bring together as many sources as I can from the major popular publications to make my case for what is occurring. For my part, I am at the point where I know these things are happening and am fairly confident as to why, but you, fair reader, may be new to these issues so I do not want to short-shrift your process of due diligence.   

As I can, even though it is strictly outside my direct purview, I try to address The College Classroom and The K-8 classroom, given that I am running the middle leg of this three-part relay race and what happens in the other two spheres (both before and after high school) is directly related to what happens in my classroom too.  

You will also find, as I roll them out, episodes of my fledgling podcast in chronological order.

Lastly, a page of Best Books I've come across for the art and craft of teaching. These are not necessarily teaching books, but instead books that help the reader hone their understanding of human nature as nurtured and developed in the classroom, for both teachers and students.

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Thanks a lot for visiting, 

 Jason 

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