NOW IT IS OBVIOUS WHY SCHOOLS FAIL with SPONGES of LEARNING
STUDENTS ARE ALL DIFFERENT
BUT TODAY'S SCHOOLING IS 1-SIZE-FITS-ALL.
Naturally, some are AHEAD and BORED
others BEHIND and FALLING more BEHIND.
TODAY'S SCHOOL SYSTEM IS TRYING TO SOLVE
an IMPOSSIBLE PROBLEM.
It is IMPOSSIBLE to get students
with different interests, abilities and NEEDS
to learn at the SAME PACE.
It's IMPOSSIBLE.
Students are ALL DIFFERENT.
WE ARE ASKING TEACHERS
to do the IMPOSSIBLE.
It is IMPOSSIBLE to teach students any better
who have ALREADY learned the lesson
— it simply CANNOT be done —
or who are UNREADY for the lesson.
TODAY'S SCHOOL SYSTEM
SUPPRESSES learning MOTIVATION.
All three conditions of MOTIVATION are SUPPRESSED.
Students DO NOT have the AUTONOMY they need
for MASTERY, challenges in THEIR OWN ZONE
to fulfill the PURPOSE of schooling NOR involve THEIR OWN INTERESTS.
TODAY'S SCHOOLING STUNTS
NATURALLY DEVELOPING
INDEPENDENCE.
A crucial BASIC is MISSING:
EDUCATING for AUTONOMY 
at the LEVEL of the SCHOOL SYSTEM.
The ONE POSSIBLE SOLUTION:
CHANGE THE METHOD.
SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP IS CRUCIAL
EDUCATORS ALREADY INNOVATE
BUT ARE NOT ALLOWED TO INNOVATE
AT THE LEVEL OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM
EDUCATORS INNOVATE WITHIN
1-SIZE-FITS-ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
EDUCATORS CAN NOT CHANGE THE METHOD.
SUPERINTENDENTS CAN.
WITH SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP
EVERYONE CAN WORK ON THE SYSTEM
NOT JUST IN THE SYSTEM
LIMITATIONS OF EDUCATOR-LED INNOVATION
CONSIDER: EDUCATING FOR AUTONOMY
TODAY, WHEN EDUCATORS
EDUCATE FOR AUTONOMY (EfA)
IT IS THEIR OWN INITIATIVE.
NOT BECAUSE OF THE 1-SIZE-FITS-ALL METHOD,
IN SPITE OF THE 1-SIZE-FITS-ALL METHOD.
| A SCHOOL OF 25 CLASSES WITH SOME EDUCATING for AUTONOMY |
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| EfA | ||||
| EfA | ||||
| EfA | ||||
| EfA | ||||
| EfA | ||||
WITH SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP,
EDUCATING FOR AUTONOMY (EfA)
IS PART OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
MANY, IF NOT ALL
EDUCATING FOR AUTONOMY.
| A SCHOOL OF 25 CLASSES WITH ALL EDUCATING for AUTONOMY |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| EfA | EfA | EfA | EfA | EfA |
| EfA | EfA | EfA | EfA | EfA |
| EfA | EfA | EfA | EfA | EfA |
| EfA | EfA | EfA | EfA | EfA |
| EfA | EfA | EfA | EfA | EfA |
MORE LIMITATIONS OF EDUCATOR-LED INNOVATION
ALLOWING STUDENTS TO LEARN IN THEIR ZONE
TODAY, EDUCATORS CAN NOT ALLOW
STUDENTS TO LEARN IN THEIR OWN ZONE.
1-SIZE-FITS-ALL PREVENTS THIS.
EDUCATORS CAN NOT CHANGE THIS.
SUPERINTENDENTS CAN.
OLD 1-SIZE-FITS-ALL
WITH SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP,
GRANTING AUTONOMY
IS PART OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SUPERINTENDENTS CAN ALLOW
EDUCATORS TO ALLOW
STUDENTS TO LEARN IN THEIR OWN ZONE.
NEW LEAD OUT
SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP:
brings in EDUCATING for AUTONOMY
at the level of the SCHOOL SYSTEM;
FREES students
to learn IN THEIR OWN ZONE.
NOW IT IS OBVIOUS
WHY SCHOOLS FAIL with SPONGES of LEARNING
WHY SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT
