35 Secrets of Brilliant Coaches  by Anne Josephson  in the Huffington Post

"He's 'just' a coach."

"She's 'just' a teacher."

These are two sentences that make my blood pressure spike to the point that I get a little dizzy.  While superior knowledge of the sport is a cornerstone of a brilliant coach, it takes so much more than content and procedural knowledge to be a brilliant coach or teacher. Simply because a person has great knowledge of the sport and a fabulous win-loss record, does not mean they are a brilliant coach.  See the 35 secrets....

 

Choose Effective Approaches to Staff Development  

by Susan Loucks-Horsley from her book, Elementary School Science for the 90's

  Effective approaches to teacher development mirror what we know about learning; they are continuous, build on learners' current knowledge and skills, and include sufficient intensity and practice that new learnings can become part of teachers' ongoing practice.

What Education Of The Future Will Look Like   presented by Lenovo on the Huffington Post

Thanks to the Internet, not only has our work and social life been drastically altered, but so has our education system. From online classes to tablets for each student, technology now powers the classroom. This growth in technology not only affects those who instantly have access to information, but also creates greater access to education around the world. Classroom resources are now available to virtually anyone at little to no cost.
 

The Two Organizations Trying to Destroy U.S. Science Education   by Mark Strauss on the i09 blog.

The Heartland Institute, a prominent, Chicago-based organization opposing climate science, has teamed up with the creationist Discovery Institute to launch a smear campaign against a group promoting the nationwide adoption of updated science education guidelines.  The guidelines in question are the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), adopted so far by 11 states and the District of Columbia.  Most recently, the Wyoming legislature became the first in the U.S. to reject the NGSS. Lessons on climate change, lawmakers said, would brainwash kids against the state's coal and oil industries.

Had you predicted the collapse of print media (or the rise of online advertising), you could have avoided the once-lucrative field of advertising (an industry that shed 65% of its jobs from 2002-2012), and learned some coding skills instead.   So, what will be the next industry to shed jobs with abandon? The following four signs point to higher education.

1. A four-year degree is an increasingly uncertain investment.
2. The U.S. spends way too much per pupil on education, and doesn't get great results.

3. We're abandoning the idea that "college is for everyone."

4. The rise of self-directed learning.