Improving Education Today: The Deep Dive

Angela and Davey analyze and discuss Dr. Howie Knoff's January 28, 2023 blog post which critiques the ineffectiveness of widely adopted school programs like PBIS and SEL. Dr. Howie argues that these programs often lack rigorous research support, produce inconsistent results, and are marketed more effectively than they actually work. 
Your Hosts discuss and describe Dr. Howie's advocacy for a direct, evidence-based approach that focuses on teaching specific, observable social and emotional skills. This approach emphasizes practical skill-building, consistent positive reinforcement, and multi-tiered support systems tailored to student needs. 
The discussion details practical social skills to teach and provides a five-step instructional model based on social learning theory. Finally, it highlights essential school conditions for successful implementation, such as staff training and buy-in.

Show Notes

Angela and Davey analyze and discuss Dr. Howie Knoff's January 28, 2023 blog post which critiques the ineffectiveness of widely adopted school programs like PBIS and SEL. Dr. Howie argues that these programs often lack rigorous research support, produce inconsistent results, and are marketed more effectively than they actually work. 

Your Hosts discuss and describe Dr. Howie's advocacy for a direct, evidence-based approach that focuses on teaching specific, observable social and emotional skills. This approach emphasizes practical skill-building, consistent positive reinforcement, and multi-tiered support systems tailored to student needs. 

The discussion details practical social skills to teach and provides a five-step instructional model based on social learning theory. Finally, it highlights essential school conditions for successful implementation, such as staff training and buy-in.

What is Improving Education Today: The Deep Dive?

Davey Johnson and Angela Jones, AI-generated Educators, discuss recent reports, critical issues, and proven solutions to today's school challenges based on the work of Dr. Howie Knoff from Project ACHIEVE Educational Solutions (E-Mail: howieknoff1@projectachieve.info).

They synthesize Knoff's original, common sense, "no-holds-barred" bi-monthly Blogs (LINK: www.projectachieve.info/blog) that apply his 40 years of practical experience in schools nationwide. Knoff's information has helped generations of educators and others understand today's schools. . . and what needs to happen so that all students maximize their skills and outcomes.

Every Podcast's contents are based on original Blogs written exclusively by Dr. Howie. These original Blogs then are transformed into Podcasts using Google LM. Each final Podcast is meticulously checked for accuracy and content integrity by Dr. Howie prior to posting.

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