RI Teacherfest 2019

In this session, I’ll briefly describe my trip, the essence of the book, and the work I’m doing in three other states to empower teachers to do what they entered the profession to do — engage and inspire kids. I’ll talk about the important issue of Accountability 2.0 — what are effective ways to ensure schools are doing right by their kids. And I’ll listen, a lot, to what the Rhode Island education community’s goals are, and whether any of the work I’m doing could be relevant and helpful. I never presume to tell people what they have to do. I try to share with them what I’ve seen work, and offer support (grants, my time, connections) to their efforts to do what they believe is important.