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So...I guess there is a line...and a top performing system found it.

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  (Education Rankings by Country 2026, 2026)     In 2009 Sweden, a top performing educational system in the world began to move its students into a more digital framework in their classrooms, going as far as replacing textbooks with laptops and tablets. This move at the time provided educators the opportunity to access, update and disseminate information in a much more efficient manner. However, in 2026, the Swedish education system has decided to make major investments in moving away from an all digital system to returning textbooks and "analog" writing back to the classrooms (Hart, 2026). Why does what Sweden do in their classrooms matter to me an educator in the United States of America? The graphic above depicts Sweden's ranking in public education on a global scale. With a score of 99.9 in public education, their education rank in the world is 15th. Conversely in the picture below, the United States has a public education score of 79.2 and are 31st in the world educa...
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Fix the Professional Development...Fix Many Education Problems!

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  Transform PD with Video Professional development with a focus on integrating technology into the classroom provides the greatest opportunity to address many of the issues faced in the world of K-12 education. Considering the issues of teacher shortages being filled by untrained individuals, and some experienced teachers having major discomfort with application of the technological tools, effective professional development that directly benefits the work can help with these issues.   Please excuse the "commercial" of the attached video, but he is right! If we know who the good teachers are, why aren't their practices on display to explain/teach and show others?  No matter how large or small the district, there are individuals that stand out for their mastery of the content standards and how they use technology to present the standards to students. It is important for the content to be relevant to the teachers expected to access these videos because the more specifi...
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Deeper Tech Connection Might Be The Solution!

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     The socioeconomic gap in education has been around since the idea of education became a deliberate part of society. Certainly there existed a gap in the differences of learning expectations for the barons compared to those of the serfs. There definitely exist(s/ed) a gap in the learning opportunities for minority groups compared to the cis-white males in the United States of America. These gaps showed up in the form of the black school building being less structurally sound and comfortable as compared to the white school building. It showed up in black schools receiving textbooks with out of date information, and plenty of other ways that allowed the educational gap to continue to grow as integration took the racial component of segregation and turned it into financial segregation that continues to this day.  Reduced opportunities, fewer resources, subpar coping skills, and lower achievement are just a few of the struggles faced by individuals that fall into the...
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