A Serendipities eBook

Dear fellow stumblers

For my first Serendipities eBook, I have pulled together previous articles I have shared on the challenges of education reform and why I think it has a “Wizard of Oz problem” – a problem that needs more brain, more heart, and more courage!

If you would like a copy, just send me an email.

Chapters

1. Self-licking Lollipops. This one is about how the elite education system is self-perpetuating.
2. Education Reform Has a “Wizard of Oz” Problem. This one is about how education reform is a wicked problem that needs more brain, heart, and courage to solve.
3. This is Why Education Reform is So Damn Sticky. This one is about why education reform is so difficult to get over the line, even when everybody wants to do it.
4. The “Glorious Purpose” of Schools. This one is about how schools get caught in the vicious cycle of exam results.
5. “These Aren’t the Metrics You Are Looking For”. This one is about how exam results can get in the way of all the other metrics we might use to determine a good school.
6. To Boldly Go. This one is about the need for education reformers to be bold (just like Captain Kirk and Spock).
7. Why Do We Keep Pathing the Cowpaths? This one is about the need for a new, not repatched, education system.
8. Which School? You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It! This one is about parents’ need to accept the AND/OR trade-offs when they choose a school.
9. How Do You Grade a Christmas Tree? This one is about the folly of using narrow measures of success.
10. Golden Tickets: Where Willy Wonka Went Wrong! This one offers a possible solution to make the current education system fairer.

If you would like a copy and don’t want to send me an email, you can choose to download this Kindle version:

I hope that there is something in here for you. I enjoyed putting it together and plan to knock up a couple of other eBooks (now I know how!) in the coming months on the themes of Belonging and Leadership Culture.

Best wishes

Damian