A brainscan cannot interpret itself and neither can a data dashboard in education.
Excellence is the asymptotic state that never quite reaches perfection.
We need to establish platforms for teachers to initiate their own changes and make their own judgments on the frontline, to invest more in the change capacities of local districts and communities, and to pursue prudent rather than profligate approaches to testing.
On learning: if you really want alignment, go to a chiropractor.
The teacher has more power than the Minister.
Blame and betrayal are the emotional enemies of improvement.