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Learning is no longer an option — it’s a necessity

By Learning Forward
Categories: Learning designs
April 2014
Throughout my career, I’ve met educators who have expressed a disdain for professional learning. I don’t doubt that many have had experiences that didn’t help them see a link between professional learning and what they needed to accomplish in the classroom. And then I’ve met others who were confident that they had already learned everything necessary to do their jobs well. Those were the days before disaggregated data, higher standards, benchmark exams, smart technologies, and shifting demographics. But even then, when I heard educators speak this way, I thought, wow, we’re all in the learning profession. How could any educator think she or he had learned everything necessary to help every student achieve success? I know that when I was teaching, our school’s mission statement

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