In our design spring workshop I facilitated today with school leaders, we spent time doing something that doesn’t always happen in busy school environments.
We didn’t jump straight to solutions.
Instead, we slowed down and worked through a simple process:
- Naming a real problem of practice
- Reframing it in a few different ways
- Talking it through with a peer
- Using AI to surface assumptions and possible root causes
What stood out was this:
A lot of people realized the problem they thought they were solving… wasn’t actually the root issue.
➡️ So here’s a question for you, whether you joined us or not:
Think about a challenge you’re currently navigating related to teacher support, retention, or communication.
What’s one alternative way you could frame that problem?
Not a solution, just a different lens.
For example:
- If it feels like a communication issue, could it actually be about trust or clarity?
- If it feels like a workload issue, could it be about prioritization or expectations?
Reply in the comments and share one reframe you’re considering.
Sometimes the most impactful shift isn’t what we do, it’s how we understand the problem in the first place.
