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Greg Mullen
Mar 18, 20203 min read
Op Ed: How California Can Turn the Revolutionary Tide of Education with Self-Directed Learning
This week, Governor Newsom made headlines when he said California schools may not reopen this school year...
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Greg Mullen
Mar 6, 20202 min read
About SEL Assessments
Schools are already using SEL assessments to collect info about student growth in non-academic skills, but how they are using the data...
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Greg Mullen
Feb 29, 20203 min read
Conference Session Reflection (Lilly 2020 San Diego, Feb 29, 2020)
I returned today from the Teaching for Active and Engaged Learning, Lilly Conference, San Diego CA, and wanted to share one very big...
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Greg Mullen
Feb 27, 20209 min read
SECD + Culture: Influence and Impact on Organizational Change
[Please note: this is a work in progress part of a larger project, please contact Greg Mullen for more information on the content in this...
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Greg Mullen
Feb 8, 20202 min read
Change the Part, Change the Whole.
My approach to shifting the system of education toward a more self-directed learning environment sometimes seems like far too large of a...
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Greg Mullen
Feb 8, 202024 min read
Podcast Transcript: A Self-Directed Learning Environment
Mullen: Welcome to the EXPLORING THE CORE PODCAST, where we delve into the elements that make up our education system and learn more...
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Greg Mullen
Feb 8, 202020 min read
Episode Transcript: Academic & Behavioral Inclusion
Mullen: Welcome to the EXPLORING THE CORE PODCAST, where we delve into the elements that make up our education system and learn more...
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Greg Mullen
Feb 8, 202020 min read
Podcast Transcript: Changing the System
Mullen: Welcome to the EXPLORING THE CORE PODCAST, where we delve into the elements that make up our education system and learn more...
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Greg Mullen
Feb 8, 202019 min read
Podcast Transcript: Gaming the System
Mullen: Welcome to the EXPLORING THE CORE PODCAST, where we delve into the elements that make up our education system and learn more...
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Greg Mullen
Feb 4, 202018 min read
Podcast Transcript: Selecting an SEL Program (S1E4)
Welcome to the EXPLORING THE CORE PODCAST, where we delve into the elements that make up our education system and learn more about how...
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Greg Mullen
Feb 4, 202020 min read
Podcast Transcript: A Standards-Based Approach (S1E3)
Welcome to the EXPLORING THE CORE PODCAST, where we delve into the elements that make up our education system and learn more about how...
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Greg Mullen
Jan 29, 202019 min read
Podcast Transcript: A Century of SEL (S1E2)
Mullen: Welcome to the EXPLORING THE CORE PODCAST, where we delve into the elements that make up our education system and learn more...
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Greg Mullen
Jan 29, 202019 min read
Podcast Transcript: Academic Standards (S1E1)
Mullen: Welcome to the EXPLORING THE CORE PODCAST, where we delve into the elements that make up our education system and learn more...
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Greg Mullen
Jan 2, 20204 min read
Perspective: The State of Education and Teacher Retention
Individual mechanisms, such as the hiring and retention of new teachers, must not be seen as requiring isolated solutions.
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Greg Mullen
Nov 17, 20193 min read
A Proposed Solution to National Academic Assessment Stagnation
The U.S. education system has a report card produced by the N.A.E.P. (National Assessment of Educational Progress) - it's basically our...
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Greg Mullen
Nov 7, 20198 min read
Compliance vs Social-Emotional Learning
This post walks a delicate line of supporting both compliance and concepts of social-emotional learning such as identifying and managing...
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Greg Mullen
Nov 5, 20194 min read
"The Growing Tree" (A Short Story)
A seed dropped from a large tree, landing on the ground in a place suitable for it to grow into a small plant.
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Greg Mullen
Oct 22, 20192 min read
The Flaw of Averages
The following paragraphs are taken from an article by The Toronto Star, When U.S. air force discovered the flaw of averages. I do not...
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Greg Mullen
Oct 7, 20193 min read
"The Glitch"
My belief in self-directed learning redesigns the timing of the game so that students can be free to complete that game with...
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Greg Mullen
Sep 28, 20194 min read
Knowledge vs Critical Thinking
Like a chef teaching students how to cook, a chef may instruct their students to first add ingredients with specific measurements to...
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