“Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.” Meaning that once you change your aspiration—when you set your sights on different results—the system you have is wrong, by definition. Because the system is designed, intentionally or not,… Read More ›
Month: February 2026
Before It Ends – Baseball season, teacher banquets, legislative shortcuts, and the adults in the room
“there are two different ways of writing history: one is to persuade men to virtue and the other is to compel men to truth.” ― Robert Graves, I, Claudius: from the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius It’s almost here. The start… Read More ›
Tennessee Vouchers, TCAP Costs, and MNPS Accountability Hearings Explained
“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” ― Eric Hoffer It’s February. So We Must Be Talking Vouchers Again. Indeed we are…. Read More ›
Ice, Power, and Performative Change
“Heavens never seals off all the exits” ― Mo Yan Two weeks ago, Nashville took a hit. The weekend began with snow and ended with the city entombed in ice. Not a pretty dusting. Not a charming Southern novelty…. Read More ›