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Saturday, January 14, 2012

“…and not everything that can be counted counts.” | Seattle Education

“…and not everything that can be counted counts.” | Seattle Education:

“…and not everything that can be counted counts.”

Discovered on Susan Ohanian’s website:

by Matt Lintner, a teacher in Fairfax County Virginia.

Management guru Peter Drucker famously said, “What gets measured gets managed.” But what if we’re measuring the wrong things? Consider the following: you can graduate from high school with straight A’s without ever having

1. Searched for answers to unknown questions.

2. Budgeted your own time.

3. Discovered what most interests you.

4. Initiated a project requiring