Encourage learning by allowing students to do things they are good at instead of restricting them. While that may sound elementary, Lehmann's speech carves out an innovative way to teach students success so they will strive for success in the post-graduate world.
Principal of Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia. On PSSA standardized testing ~2:20 "What we are doing today today is worse than what you think. We give them pretests and find out what they are worst in. And then we give them more of that [and try to fix it]... iIt's only making sure you don't suck so much at the things you're bad at."
The Schools We Need Presentation
I'm in St. Louis, post presentation, and I'm pretty pleased with how it went. It's not easy for me to figure out how to talk to audiences that aren't made up of educators, because the question is always what is the balance between the universal ideas and the deep entry into pedagogy. Judging from the reaction, folks seemed to think that I struck a good balance today. I had a lot of people come up and tell me that I really challenged them to re-think their ideas about school design, and that's thrilling to me. A few folks asked me about strategies to get educators and facilities folks talking more, which is also really exciting.