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In a provocative  post , 'Another Brick in the Wall',  Peter Skillen wrote about six 'bricks' that he considers are combining to prevent the evolution of education into the 21st century. The bricks are that: There is an inability for leaders and administrators to practise the same things that they preach and also become learners. Too many educators are living on a diet of abstracts, one-line wisdoms from Twitter and drive-by professional development. We need education for our students and ALSO for our teachers – not subjugation. Rather than overload teachers with initiatives, administration needs to help teachers to understand the ‘essence’ residing in all these practices and out of the distilled essence, teachers could then ‘construct their own knowledge and practice’. If we want the culture and context of the classroom to change, we need to embrace technology and how it might bring about this change. we need to educate the public about the changes that are ne...