Living in Texas, I can assure you the feature photo indicates the single greatest item in the decision making process for returning students to school in the midst of a horribly mismanaged pandemic. While that’s horrible, but expected, the real question is what can we do to make the educational experience in the US the best it can be?
I’ve taught at the K-12 level and been instructor for a few undergraduate courses. I have an M.Ed. and currently spend a significant portion of my week writing the literature review for my dissertation to complete my PhD in Learning, Design, and Technology. I’m also someone who barely scraped through high school with a 2.03 GPA and flunked out of college twice before finally finishing my B.S. after 14 years (1993-2007). I feel like I can bring a unique background to the subject while validating much of the research that we ignore in the American education system. I intend to do three posts on this, for now, focusing on students, teachers, and systemic issues in that order. With that said, here are some of my primary thoughts for improving the student experience.
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