Chapter 1

Quick Fixes, Band-Aids, and Fads: A Road Often Traveled

images

Historically, what held back progress in education is people looking for the “single shot solution.” The one big program. The one big, new way of doing things, the one big new revolution. And people, of course, get tired of that. We all know that is never a single program, never a single shop, never a single moment, never a single silver bullet.

—Jim Collins, author of “Good to Great”

images

Abandon the urge to simplify everything, to look for formulas and easy answers, and to begin ...

Get No Magic Bullet now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.