On Aug.5-6, Dr. Johnson, co-author of Disrupting Class, spent some serious face time with individuals and organizations involved with public education in our state.  I don’t know if it was his engaging manner, engaging message or just the fact that people wanted to be engaged, but he started a conversation about how WV could begin to manage its own disruption, that struck a positive note everywhere he went.  I believe the Education Track sessions will be Standing Room Only this year as we kickoff the Disruption.

I apologize that I cannot continue my summarization of Disrupting Class this post.  While Dr. Johnson and I were sitting down at the Charleston Marriott, a highly recognizable WV media entrepreneur, sat down close by.  It seemed a no-brainer at the time to give him my copy of the book and ask him to spend a few minutes with Dr. Johnson.  Dr. Johnson promised to send me a new copy of the book and, if our strategy works, you might see him on a Sunday morning talkshow in October. 

However, I can include a couple of thoughts from Turning Learning Right Side Up which I finished last week.  No, better yet, visit this website  http://www.sudval.org/.  This is the school that the co-author of the book, Daniel Greenberg, helped to start.  Please take a moment to read their essays and learn about their approach to learning.