From the Koan team
The Journal
Reflections on learning.
Thoughts on education, AI, and the invisible process of becoming a thinker. Written for teachers, school leaders, and anyone who believes learning deserves better.
Earlier entries
The Right The Students Wrote In For ThemselvesAug 16The Lesson She Would Not Hand To The MachineAug 15The Blue Books Are Coming BackAug 14What The Gold Rush Forgets To BuyAug 13The Line The Adult Forgot To DeleteAug 12What A Framework Asks That A Ban CannotAug 11What The Microphone Was Also DoingAug 10The Two Tools That Cleared The BarAug 9What The Guide Cannot TouchAug 7The Defense They Asked To GiveAug 5Where Norway Drew The LineAug 4The Word They ChoseAug 3What The Grade Did Not RegisterAug 2What Orange County Would Not AutomateAug 1Ninety To EightJul 31The Line At Grade SevenJul 30The Awe That Wore OffJul 29The Chair They Put A Student InJul 28The Half The Race Is ForJul 27The Order They ChoseJul 26The Number Under The NumberJul 26The Bill The Students WroteJul 25What The Pause Is ForJul 24What Wake Would Not DetectJul 23What Ohio Made MandatoryJul 22What The Students Could FeelJul 21What Sally Was Built To RefuseJul 20When And HowJul 19The Room The Adults Are Late ToJul 18The MultiplierJul 17The Water Under The LessonJul 16What Detroit Agreed To MeasureJul 15The Number They Won't ReleaseJul 14Four Hundred Pages About The RoomJul 13What The Children Told HerJul 12The Freeze The System BoughtJul 11What The Graph KeptJul 10The Fall AssignmentJul 9Where The Worry WentJul 8The Week The Teachers GotJul 7Ninety-Six To Forty-EightJul 6The Long Way in Port LokoJul 5The Ten Countries That AgreedJul 4The Infrastructure Was the Easy PartJul 3The Portrait and the RoomJul 2The Policy Was The Easier HalfJul 1The Tool Arrived FirstJun 30The Minutes and What Happened in ThemJun 29What School Was Holding UpJun 28Past the ThresholdJun 27The Same Score, A Different ChildhoodJun 26The Learner Does the ThinkingJun 25The Detector Could Not See HerJun 24Which Door They Walked ThroughJun 23What They Were Not Asking ForJun 22What the Version History KnewJun 21The Wobble Was the PointJun 20The Bar That MovedJun 19What They Are WatchingJun 18The Line They Asked ForJun 17The Inner LifeJun 16Where the Thinking Used to ShowJun 15Two Years to LookJun 14Before They Ask the TeacherJun 13The Pain PointJun 12The Slower ClockJun 11What the Room BelievedJun 10The Rule, Not the ReadingJun 9Who Took the TimeJun 8What the Index Has to SeeJun 7What the Diploma Was Proxy ForJun 6What the Trust Was Made OfJun 5Not the MinutesJun 4What Was Already in the RoomJun 3He Asked Them HowJun 2The Plan Was for One ChildJun 1What the Scale Was HidingMay 30What Eighty-Two Percent Are Doing AloneMay 29What She Did Not BanMay 28The Quieter NumberMay 27The Contract Was Signed. The Conversation Wasn't.May 26The Skills the Bubble Sheet Couldn't SeeMay 25The Name Was the PointMay 24The Training DoubledMay 23Closer to the StudentMay 22What the Booing Was SayingMay 21The Conversation, Not the DetectorMay 20Education-SpecificMay 19The Sixth PracticeMay 18The Witness in the RoomMay 17Sticky HelpMay 16From the Binder to the BuildingMay 15Between Relief and DisplacementMay 7The Funding Pulls One Way. The Generation Pulls the Other.May 4When the Rollout Itself Goes DarkMay 3What the Moratorium Is Really AskingMay 2What Cleared Her Was the ProcessApr 30The Tutor They Liked, Until They KnewApr 29The Studies We Have Not RunApr 28When the Teacher Can Breathe AgainApr 26The Students We Don't SeeApr 25When Students Can't Tell What's RealApr 25The 28 Percent That MattersApr 24The $55,000 Question: What Happens When AI Replaces the Teacher?Mar 31The Course That Completed ItselfMar 26NYC Wrote the Rules. But They Missed the Question.Mar 25The Crutch Effect: When AI Helps Too MuchMar 22The Screen Didn't Fail Us. We Failed the Screen.Mar 20