The Lead Out Method
— a method for education, instead of production
You want — we all want
all students succeeding.
And you know all students can learn.
They are born naturally driven to create and learn.
So, what’s the problem?
That is the first step!
All children are born natural learners.
Why aren’t all students learning in school?
The reason today’s school system
does not work:
It’s attempting to solve an impossible problem:
get students, all different, to learn at the same pace.
You can see the history of today’s school system here.
We need a new system.
That’s obvious.
But before we need a new system,
we need a new problem.
- Why design a new system without knowing the problem?
- And if we don’t know what the problem is:
how would we know if we’re making any progress?
What is the Right Problem?
It’s The Beautiful Problem
— the one-and-many problem in education.
The Beautiful Problem:
How to get 
nside
what students
need to succeed
utside at school and in real life?
In class, too many are unable to — all by themselves:
- sit up
- pay attention
- take notes
- ask questions
And think about it.
Students need freedom — for parts of the day — to learn and help each other learn in their own learning zones.
But too many can’t use the very freedom they need to do so.
Instead, too many:
- “goof off”
- have a short attention span
- have stress or trauma (the brain is less available)
- give up too easily
If you want to see The Beautiful Problem and the solution explained, see this video.
The significance
Naming The Beautiful Problem as the right problem is no small thing.
School districts fail by attempting an impossible problem: how to get students, all different, to learn at the same pace?
School districts can realistically succeed by addressing a problem which — as you will see — has already been solved.
Solving it happens in two columns:
Column 1 — Educating
Inner Educational Exercises
Using new educating skills to lead Inner Educational Exercises, students get inside what they need to succeed:
- the wise part within
- the skill-of-the-will
- wellness
- hope
Column 2 — Learning
Students apply themselves with a will
Failing cheerfully
Persisting curiously
Students start breaking out of same-pace learning — as their independent abilities grow.
The two beautiful results
Result 1
Each individual student
becomes educated — able to use inner autonomy to apply themselves at school and in real life.
Result 2
The one-and-many
Now, even though there is only:
- the-one educator in the classroom
- the-many students can learn — and help each other learn — in their own learning zones (for parts of the day).
Students use new ability for independence to
break out of same-pace learning.
This is a big deal.
With just one educator, the-many students can learn in their own zones (for parts of the day).
The Beautiful Problem has already been solved.
See for yourself.
Steps to success
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Acquire new educating skills. Learn how to:
- develop wellness in the brain
- lead out student independence with Inner Educational Exercises
- use the science of learning motivation
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Learn how to work on the system — not just in it:
- Taylor's method
- The Lead Out Method
- Deming's Quality Method
- Lean / agile techniques
- Educate students. Lead them through a gamut of Inner Educational Exercises so they become able to ask and better hear the wise part within, develop the skill-of-the-will, strengthen attention, and experience wellness — not stress or trauma.
- Go back and forth between educating and teaching.
- Grant growing freedom. As students become more independent, let them break out of same-pace learning — so they learn, and help each other learn, in their own learning zones.
There is a lot more to the Lead Out Method
- A way to subsume Deming's Quality Method to assure students are ready for next year's learning.
- A change in learning priority: reading and writing become preeminent.
Will you (we) succeed?
The stakes couldn’t be higher.
If you (we) continue choosing a production method in our schools, then we will fail too many students.
If you (we) choose The Lead Out Method — an education method for solving The Beautiful Problem — then students become both educated and learned.
Do you want an education instead of a production method for students?
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