•   Weak culture of practice -
     Certain teaching practices may be encouraged, but use is determined by the teacher.
•   Weak structure to promote practice -
     Schools and states require teachers to take courses or seminars to advance their learning,
     but little is required as far as adoption of practices.
•   Weak process of evaluation -
     Drive-by evaluations are too often the sole indicator of performance. Many players in a
     student's learning as well as student performance are left out of the picture.
•   Teacher is monarch of her kingdom -
     Schools too often take on the attitude that no news is good news. A class that is not
     disruptive is believed to have learning happening.
•   Loose coupling within the school -
     This world of many monarchies promotes an environment where one hand doesn't know what
     the other is doing.
•   Schools use little of our knowledge set -
     Learning, Teaching, Leadership, Technology
     There has been much research in these areas in the last 20 years.
     Schools need to reflect this knowledge.       more-->