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EPISODE · Jul 22, 2025 · 20 MIN

Teachers: you are not your data!

from Yard Duty: The Art and Science of Modern Schooling · host Will Hanley and Michael Noonan

If you can’t measure it, it doesn’t matter. Right?But what happens when what matters most, who teachers are, how they show up, the relationships they build, doesn’t fit on a dashboard?Today, we’re asking: who gets to define what makes a good teacher? Because teachers are more than the metrics used to measure them. How can we protect teacher wellbeing and identity in an age of dashboards, targets, and rankings?

If you can’t measure it, it doesn’t matter. Right?But what happens when what matters most, who teachers are, how they show up, the relationships they build, doesn’t fit on a dashboard?Today, we’re asking: who gets to define what makes a good teacher? Because teachers are more than the metrics used to measure them. How can we protect teacher wellbeing and identity in an age of dashboards, targets, and rankings?

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