Hacking Education: 10 Quick Fixes for Every School (Hack Learning Series)

You don't need another 5 year plan

These 10 Hacks will transform your school and classroom right now!

In Hacking Education, Mark Barnes and Jennifer Gonzalez employ decades of teaching experience and hundreds of discussions with education thought leaders, to show you how to find and hone the quick fixes that every school and classroom need. Using a Hacker’s mentality, they provide one Aha moment after another with 10 Quick Fixes for Every School--solutions to everyday problems and teaching methods that any teacher or administrator can implement immediately.

With these Hacks, you can eliminate

• school meetings
• classroom management woes
• technology issues
• new teacher problems
• reluctant readers
• lost planning time

˃˃˃ Learn to solve problems with:

• Pineapple Charts
• The 360 Spreadsheet
• Glass Classrooms
• Track Records
• Marigold Committees
• The TQZ
• More Impactful Hacks

˃˃˃ This is not your average education book

Hacking Education won't weigh you down with outdated research or complicated strategies. Barnes and Gonzalez provide brilliant ideas woven into a user-friendly success guide that you'll want to keep nearby throughout the school year. Each chapter is neatly wrapped in this simple formula:

• The Problem
• The Hack (a ridiculously easy solution that you've likely never considered)
• What You Can Do Tomorrow (no waiting necessary)
• Blueprint for Full Implementation (a step-by-step action plan for capacity building)
• The Hack in Action (yes, someone has actually done this)

˃˃˃ Look what other thought leaders say about Hacking Education

"Barnes and Gonzalez don’t just solve problems; they turn teachers into hackers--a transformation that is right on time.”

-- Don Wettrick, author of Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level

“Jennifer and Mark are two educators that know how to transform some of the most frustrating teacher problems into easy-to-implement solutions. Hacking Education proves that anyone--from a first year-teacher to a 30-year veteran--can be a more effective teacher and be a positive agent of change in their school's culture.”

-- Brian Sztabnik, host Talks with Teachers podcast, contributing author at Edutopia

“Barnes and Gonzalez provide a refreshingly modern take on a system that has become old and sclerotic, our schools. Their writing is succinct, it resonates and smacks you with the deliverables. Schools and teachers that want to go from good to great must read Hacking Education.”

-- Daniel McCabe, Assistant Principal Accompsett Middle School Smithtown, NY

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