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Hacking Education: 10 Quick Fixes for Every School (Hack Learning Series) Paperback – July 28, 2015

by Mark Barnes (Author), Jennifer Gonzalez (Author)
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What if education's problems were actually easy to fix?

You have problems, but you don’t have time for a 5-year plan. You want practical solutions that you can read today and use tomorrow. Hacking Education and the Hack Learning Series provide what every teacher, principal, parent, and education stakeholder has been waiting for--realistic solutions to your biggest problems.

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 that great principals and great teachers can read today and use tomorrow.

Imagine being able to walk into school tomorrow and eliminate:
  • Hours of wasted meeting time
  • Classroom management issues
  • Interruptions in planning time
  • The need for more books
  • Professional development issues with the help of a pineapple
  • EdTech issues
If you want to improve teaching and learning at your school now, learn how to develop a Hacker’s mentality.
Discover How to Solve Problems with
  • Pineapple Charts
  • The 360 Spreadsheet
  • Glass Classrooms
  • Track Records
  • Marigold Committees
  • The TQZ
  • More Impactful Hacks
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Hacking Education won't weigh you down with outdated research or complicated strategies.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 the user-friendly Hack Learning Series format 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)
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"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

"Mark and Jennifer have created something really powerful! They're helping educators focus in on what really counts: student learning.
-- Paul Solarz, author of Learn Like a Pirate

"Mark Barnes and Jennifer Gonzalez provide a simple blueprint for smart and efficient changes that every school can benefit from regardless of its current situation."
-- A.J. Juliani, author of Learning by Choice

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After much conversation, we decided that there are many problems that plague educators daily, and the solutions don't need a 5-year plan. Teachers, administrators, parents, and students need right-now answers. This is the essence of Hack Learning: solving big problems with simple ideas. We believe that after reading this book, you'll be able to make at least one immediate change at your school and in your classroom. If we've done our job well, you will make many changes that might just transform teaching and learning, and that's a beautiful thing.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Times 10 Publications (July 28, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 152 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0986104906
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0986104909
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.35 x 9 inches
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  1. Mark Barnes

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    Mark Barnes is a longtime educator, author, and entrepreneur. An avid reader and researcher, he became interested in–perhaps even a bit obsessive about–health, fitness, and longevity when he joined the After-50s club in 2014. Mark has written 10 books, including ROLE Reversal (ASCD, 2013), Assessment 3.0 (Corwin, 2015), Hacking Education (Times 10 Publications, 2015)--the first book in the internationally-renowned Hack Learning Series–and Hacking Life After 50 (Times 10 Publications, 2023)--the first book in the Hack Learning Life Series.

    Mark is on a mission to live to a healthy 100 and longer. Follow his journey on Facebook at After 50s Life and on X @markbarnes19.

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    Jennifer Gonzalez is a National Board Certified teacher. Her twelve years of classroom experience include teaching English language arts in middle school and preparing pre-service teachers at the college level. In 2013 she started her blog, Cult of Pedagogy, where she shares effective teaching and assessment practices, curates top-notch educational resources, explores how race and culture intersect with education, and studies the effective use of technology in the classroom. Her writing has appeared on Edutopia, Education Week, MiddleWeb, Brilliant or Insane, and Corkboard Connections. She is the author of The Teacher’s Guide to Tech, available at teachersguidetotech.com, and the host of The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast, available on iTunes.

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Dr. Todd Schmidt
5.0 out of 5 stars and school sites better! Ever wanted to find a practical way to ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2016
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One of the biggest challenges when reading books about reforming or enhancing education is that they are long on theory but short on practical, easily-implemented ideas. Hacking Education not only gives step-by-step directions, but the ideas they present make so much sense. Rather than reinventing the wheel, Mark Barnes and Jennifer Gonzalez give educators battle-tested and innovative ways to make lessons, classrooms, and school sites better!

Ever wanted to find a practical way to get colleagues to learn from each other by visiting each other's classrooms? Try Pineapple Charts!

Want to showcase the awesomeness happening in your classroom? Learn how to make social media your ally in creating a glass classroom!

Have students be your Geek Squad! Collect meaningful data that allows you to build powerful relationships! Create a space of peace and quiet for your staff that allows them to focus on what they need to...

As an elementary principal, this book has been invaluable to me and my staff! I finally found an easy way to get teachers to learn from each other by watching each other teach. My staff meeting employ "back channels" so that everyone can and does participate! Our new teachers are surrounded by "marigolds" rather than "walnut trees".

A quick, easy, fun read with ideas you can implement tomorrow!!
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Thelma Anselmi
5.0 out of 5 stars This delightful e-book, which can be read in just ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2015
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This delightful e-book, which can be read in just over two hours, proposes ten “hacks” that once implemented, will solve those pesky problems that plague teachers or even a school system. In simple, uncomplicated prose, the authors, both practicing educators with worlds of experience, and themselves authors of books, have given us the benefit of their experiences plus some ideas they’ve curated, and shared them in this gem. These are quick fixes that can creatively address issues without fanfare and can be immediately implemented even by a single individual.

The hacks are varied: some afford novices as well as veteran teachers, a more practical way of dealing with record keeping using Track Records, or allowing them a window into another teacher’s classroom with Pineapple Charts; The Marigold Committee has experienced teachers offer to be mentors to newbies. Other hacks involve students as in Student Tech Gurus, or providing independent reading books for those who can’t afford them as in The Book Nook. Regardless, teachers will benefit from reading this book, even if a single hack is implemented. I wish I had known some of these hacks years ago!
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Sally B.
4.0 out of 5 stars The authors have not forgotten what it is like to teach in an environment of too many demands ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2015
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This book is different from a lot of books in the same genre. The authors have not forgotten what it is like to teach in an environment of too many demands and too little time.

They offer practical solutions to problems teachers confront each day - age-old as well as technology-driven. I must confess that as I read the hacks, many seemed a little too good to be true, however the authors had anticipated my skepticism. Each "Overcoming Pushback" section gave voice to my qualms and increased the authors’ credibility with me. I also appreciated reading "The Hack in Action" about how real teachers recently implemented the hacks.

I look forward to using some of these hacks and to learning about more in subsequent books in the series.
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Gerard Dawson
5.0 out of 5 stars Read this and you'll take action
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2015
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This is a book that makes teachers say "YES...I knew there was a better way to do that."

I'm all about a solutions mindset for teaching. When it comes to professional reading, though, there's not much that satisfies that interest. Many books detail specific, one-off lesson ideas for teachers, or head-in-the-clouds theory for I'm not sure who. This book is the perfect mix of sound principles and easy-to-implement tactics that can lead to lasting change in your classroom, school or entire district.

That leads me to the reason I love this book--it is broadly applicable while still being useful. Some of the "hacks" are directed towards building-wide initiatives, but they all can begin with the actions of a single teacher. Mark and Jennifer's choice to instruct teachers on how to take the first steps towards hacking their problems is empowering.

Lastly, I love the extended analogy of hacking used in the book. The concept of finding the fastest effective route to a destination, improving process through iterations, and creating change that scales are just a few of the ways that these bright authors have brought the language of web developers into the classroom.

Don't read this book unless you're ready to feel motivated, even compelled, to take action to improve your classroom, school or district.

I'm glad I read it, and I'm ready to get started on implementing several of these "hacks."
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Pedro Demo
3.0 out of 5 stars Shaking schools
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2015
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As provocation, a nice book, suggesting ways to avoid repetition/reproduction in schools. The author indicates many “inventions” to shake school laziness in terms of doing ever the same instruction. Nevertheless, I find the argumentation insufficient, because learning is not well defined – what would be the reason for fixing school? It seems to that the reason is to care insistently for students’ learning. What is a catastrophe is lack of learning – students go to school, attend lessons, perhaps do homework, show up in exams (mainly in standard testing), but don’t learn. In the end, inventions are to much linked to “instruction”, not to learning.
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5.0 out of 5 stars If I can be a hacker, you can too!
Reviewed in Canada on August 3, 2015
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I got the kindle version of this book and read it in one afternoon. After I finished the last page, I ordered a paper copy so that I could share it with my colleagues. Not all the "hacks" fit my needs, but I found some excellent creative solutions to problems that I didn't even know I had.

Readable, thoughtful, thorough. I feel confident that if I implemented any of these ideas they would be successful, as the authors have done an incredible job of explaining and anticipating questions and concerns.
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aparna Singh
1.0 out of 5 stars waste of money
Reviewed in India on January 3, 2016
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The title is misleading. The book might be useful for school principals but useless for college professors. Waste of money.
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salva ayuso
4.0 out of 5 stars Great help
Reviewed in Spain on August 24, 2015
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The book is a great help to start a new year of teaching with new ideas to try in the school.
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JJ
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on July 8, 2018
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great series - this book sums up some of the larger thoughts and is a great 're-think' to education
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Scotty
3.0 out of 5 stars Other hacking series books are more helpful
Reviewed in Canada on August 1, 2019
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There's a few good ideas in here (pineapple charts), but certainly could have been a short article on WeAreTeacher. The hacks to "fix every school" seem unlikely to drastically change education and learning in a huge way... much unlike what some of the other hacking learning series discuss and explore. That being said, I'd head over to PBL or Gradeless assessment in the hacking series instead, much more useful tools and useable ideas.
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