Can't Dance, Won't Dance? Better Learn How to Dance

Avoiding the All-or-Nothing Approach to Technology in Schools

Baruti Kafele, a school principal turned inspirational speaker with whom I’ve worked several times, used to love quoting an Ashanti proverb to throw cold water on teachers’ complaints about all the things allegedly standing between them and good instruction: “He who cannot dance will say the drum is bad.” He’s a no-excuses kind of guy, but that doesn’t …