School Reform and the "I Can" Learner

While we work aggressively as a nation to close the achievement gap, at some point we are going to have to acknowledge that student empowerment must serve as the primary catalyst to generating the much sought after results.

Regardless to the amount of accountability sanctions that are levied on teachers, schools and districts, and regardless to the instructional creativity that is employed in the classroom, we have to activate the spirit and the know-how of “I can” in each learner.

Because only through the efforts of each student (as they ultimately hold the key to their own achievement), will we transform the outcomes of America’s education system.

This is an excerpt from my book Empowerment Starts Here" Chapter 9 (publishing in progress). I have decided to share my work through this medium until the book is released.