I wish I had a better quality version... There is no audio for the first 10 minutes (much of which is just people wandering in, but some of the talk is lost), but at least it's archived!

And, yes, I said "knowledge" when I meant "information" a few minutes in. It's a seriously new paradigm for me to talk in front of a room of people who are staring into their laptops and iPads...

All in all, I had fun, and I felt very humbled to present in front of such an esteemed group of professionals.

So sad.

While other states have tried to modify tenure, Colorado's law was the boldest education reform in recent memory, according to Kate Walsh, the president of the Washington-based National Council on Teacher Quality, which promotes changing the way teachers are recruited and retained, including holding tenured teachers accountable with annual reviews.

And you start to think, What would I do if I set a curriculum for a school?

God, how exciting that could be! But you can't do it today. You'd be crazy to work in a school today. You don't get to do what you want. You don't get to pick your books, your curriculum. You get to teach one narrow specialization. Who would ever want to do that?

The whole 1996 interview is a very interesting read.