The 21st Century Principal
Thoughts on Education, Literature, Politics, and Philosophy of Education
Thursday, March 5, 2026
It's Time to Rethink the Teacher Shortage Problem and It Does Not Involve Pay
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Perhaps the real problem with the shortage of teachers is that fewer and fewer people want to do the work as it has evolved over the past 3...
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Teaching Students About AI or Any Technology Just Might Be Shortsighted and Morally Wrong
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Should our schools be focused on training students how to use AI above all else? No. Here’s why… In the 1990s, I taught at a high school loc...
You Don't Have to Believe All Those Predictions About AI Because We've Been Here Before
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There is a perfectly rational reason for discounting all the AI predictions of AI Evangelists and Ed Tech Consultants. In the mid-90s, the i...
Monday, March 2, 2026
Why the Web Has Become a Garbage Dump?
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Evidence that the internet is now a garbage dump? As an early user of the web, I used to enjoy "surfing the web." This consisted ...
Sunday, March 1, 2026
AI Educational Utopian Myths Abound: Be Skeptical
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Check to be sure that you have not fallen for the utopian dreams of endless prosperity and freedom offered up by AI Evangelists and Ed Tech ...
Friday, February 27, 2026
Are Our Screens and Devices Harming the Very Students We Serve? Perhaps, Here's a Book to Spark Critical Thinking about Device Addiction in Schools
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In order to Disrupt the passive, uncritical acceptance of all things technological into schools, I recommend that school leaders and all ed...
The Label "Smart" Device Might Not Be a Good Thing: Read Jathan Sadowski's "Too Smart"
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Here is a book to add to your critical Edtech and critical thinking about technology list, even though it goes back a bit to 2020. "To...
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