I walked into a Fantastic Sam’s for a haircut today. As it happened, the owner was there. As I waited, I asked her something and over the course of the conversation it became clear that she was a former elementary school principal. I asked her a few questions:
Me: What about the data push right now?
Her: I think it’s a good idea. If a teacher’s scores show that her kids don’t understand pronouns, I just pair her with a teacher whose kids are getting pronouns. I wish I had access to more data, like the kind of data I can get on my employees’ sales here.
She want on and on about the data. I just wanted a haircut and to get out of there, because the snow was moving in fast and I had had a long day. Maybe it’s true, maybe if we just gather enough information, then all of our problems will go away. Maybe this lady was right. Maybe we can all learn the same thing at the same rate in the same classroom at the same time. And we may even get pronouns.