"Remedial Education for All" by Shane Trotter
Remedial Education for All Shane Trotter 06 Sep 2021 A few years ago, the school district where I teach became enamored with a book called The One Thing by real estate mogul Gary Keller. Keller argued that, rather than spreading out effort over many different objectives, the secret to success was to identify and focus on the one thing that mattered most for achieving your goal. Taken with this insight, our superintendent asked every principal in the district to determine the “One Thing” that would be the unifying focus of their campus efforts. When teachers returned from summer break that year, we learned about this new initiative and the specific cause that our principal had selected for us to rally around. Our high school wasn’t going to focus on helping students develop better problem-solving skills, increasing student engagement, or even on aligning our curricul...