Jon had a chance to sit down and chat with Shyam Mair from Score Campus about the current state of education, and how Mastery Learning can help solve the problems exacerbated by the...

This is an edited excerpt from my application for Colorado Teacher of the Year (I was a semi-finalist in 2010).  It explains much of what I do and believe in about education. Though I wrote...

We know how critical the dialogue between the teacher and the student is, and how easily communication can be a breakthrough or a breakdown in the success for the students. The relationship between...

Recently I have been talking with many people about how to best implement Flipped Learning, and one hurdle that keeps coming up is the issue of time.  To flip your class, up-front time is...

I recently had a conversation with David Sternela, Training and Program Manager at Abbvie. We were talking about how too many corporate meetings turn into death by PowerPoint.  David then...

One of the difficulties of moving to a true mastery system is the logistics of multiple versions of a test.  How many different versions can you manage on a day to day basis?  When Aaron...

When Aaron Sams and I first started flipping our classes in 2007, we made a lot of mistakes.  If you are considering flipping your classroom this fall (or just flipping a few lessons), I want...

In a flipped classroom, students typically interact with a short micro-video (flipped video) before class and then class time is transformed into an active place of engagement and learning. Some...

Last month I had the privilege of visiting the Shireland Collegiate Academy in Birmingham, United Kingdom. I, along with Lord Jim Knight, Sir Mark Grundy, Kirsty Tonks, and their whole team,...

Too often, the first day of school is filled with us teachers sharing about class expectations and syllabi.  Imagine being a student who has to sit through seven or eight of these...