Writing

Books:

• What the Academy Taught Us: Improving schools from the bottom up in a top-down transformation era – John Catt Educational, 2019
• Education is Upside Down: Reframing Reform to Focus on the Right Problems – Rowman & Littlefield, 2014

Some Reviews of/Reflections on Education is Upside-Down (Please alert me if I’ve missed any…not many out there, especially from the US. Ahem.):

• Amazon US reviews – not many here, but proud of them all. (Feel free to leave one, okay? They help.) 🙂
• Schools Week (UK)
• Education News (US)
• Filling the Pail blog, Greg Ashman (Australia)
• Whatonomy blog (UK)
• Of Possible Worlds blog (Canada)
• Razor Blade in the Candy Floss blog (UK)
• Not a review, but placement on a list I’m quite proud of: Learning Spy Reading List (David Didau, UK)
• Same as above: ‘Ten Books Every Teacher Should Read’, from Tom Bennett (again, UK) in TES
• Same again, a very nice mention in the great Jo Facer’s Reading All the Books blog, calling EiUD a top read of 2015. (If you visit, check out more of her writing & ideas on instruction. Top. Notch. Oh, and from the UK.)

Articles:

• What it will take to improve evidence-informed decision-making in schools, report for the American Enterprise Institute, 8 June 2020
• How to not blow the continuous school improvement moment, blog post for Fordham Institute’s Flypaper blog. 8 August, 2019
• Searching for Great High Schools: A review of In Search of Deeper Learning, review for Education Next. July, 2019

• Building an Evidence-Informed Education-Improvement Movement, guest post about researchED for CenterPoint Education blog. 6 October, 2018

• True change comes from within, researchED Magazine #2. September, 2018

• A DIY Approach to Educational Research-Literacy, guest post at Rick Hess Straight Up blog, Education Week. 1 December, 2017
• The High Cost of Bad Implementation Habits, guest post at Rick Hess Straight Up blog, Education Week. 29 November, 2017
• Making Progress on Evidence-Based Education Reform, guest post at Rick Hess Straight Up blog, Education Week. 27 November, 2017
• researchED: Connecting education research and practice, article for Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Flypaper blog. 18 Sept, 2017
• Straight Up Conversation: US Organizer Eric Kalenze Explains researchED, interview with Rick Hess for ‘Straight Up’ blog at Education Week. 7 Sept, 2017
• The Status of Evidence-Supported Educational Practices, for Nature Partner Journals Science of Learning Community. 27 June, 2017
• Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory of a Classroom-Up Reform, guest post at Rick Hess Straight Up blog, Education Week. 9 December, 2016
• Will ESSA’s Evidence Requirements Spur Actual ‘Best Practices’? (No.), guest post at Rick Hess Straight Up blog, Education Week. 6 December, 2016
• Opening Thoughts from a Little ‘r’ Reformer, guest post at Rick Hess Straight Up blog, Education Week. 5 December, 2016
• I begin all lesson planning by asking myself: is this truly the best? Because that’s what all children deserve, interview with Jo Facer for TES USA. 19 October, 2016
• How to make education research work for you, TES USA. 23 September, 2016
• Here’s the Trick to Becoming a Better Teacher on Your Own, Education Post. 22 September, 2016
• I’ve Lost Faith in Top-Down Training. Time for Teachers to Take Control, TES USA. 7 September, 2016
• Education research transformed my teaching. Now it can do the same for yours, TES USA. 18 August, 2016
• Framing Effects in the Classroom – What Can Teachers Learn from Politicians?, guest post at the Learning Scientists blog. 21 June, 2016
• Review of Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools, Teachers College Record. 28 May, 2015. ($ – To see free and not revised by Teachers College Record to remove criticism of Teachers College Press, go here.)
• True Grit: How fixing just one problem in our Minnesota school made all the difference, The Hechinger Report. 16 January, 2015
• Dropout Age: what should it be, how much does it matter, and is there a better way?, Central States Education Group blog. 17 February, 2012
• What’s the drag on student achievement in STEM?, Central States Education Group blog. 8 September, 2011
• Minnesota shutdown: How the resolution may affect schools, Central States Education Group blog. 8 August, 2011
• Hoping TiZA Survives to Teach Some More, St Paul Pioneer Press. 25 February, 2011.

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