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I am a Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Colorado Denver and the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), the first university center in the U.S. dedicated to school leadership, innovation, deeper learning, and technology. I’ve worked with hundreds of schools, districts, universities, and other organizations. Welcome to Dangerously Irrelevant!
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Where’s Scott?
Most of my work is in these key areas right now. Please get in touch if I can be of support to you!
- July 12-15 – National School Leaders Conference, National Association of Elementary School Principals, Orlando, Florida
- July 23-26 – Deeper Learning Ed Camp, Bailey, Colorado
- August 3-4 – Sandwich Public Schools, Sandwich, Massachusetts
- August 5 – North Attleborough Public Schools, North Attleborough, Massachusetts
- August 14 – International School of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, Japan
- October 12 – Manassas Park City Schools, Manassas, Virginia
- October 16-17 – CultivatED Colorado Innovative Schools Conference
- March 17-20 – EARCOS Teachers Conference, Bangkok, Thailand
- April 2 – EdTechTeacher AI in EDU Summit, Waltham, Massachusetts
Recent Posts
Dangerously Irrelevant turns 20!
This blog celebrated its 20th birthday a few days ago… Here was my first post ever! Although I am not blogging as often - or in the same way - as I used to, it still continues to be one of my happy places. Some quick numbers to commemorate the occasion: 2,636 total posts, 13,885 total comments, at...
Books I read in July 2026
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in July 2026... In Search of Deeper Learning, Jal Mehta & Sarah Fine (education) The Purity of Vengeance, Jussi Adler-Olsen (thriller) Beauty and Chaos, Michael Pronko (travel) Tokyo’s Mystery Deepens, Michael Pronko (travel) Motions and Moments, Michael...
Cheating is the most visible and least interesting part of the AI problem
Here is some good thinking about student usage of artificial intelligence from Debbie Millman: A formed mind can argue or wrangle with the machine, reject its false polish and recognize when the language it constructs to redescribe the world has become too smooth or soulless. Someone who has lived...
Leadership for Deeper Learning, Class 05
[I am teaching a Leadership for Deeper Learning elective for one of our doctoral cohorts this summer and thought that I would share what is happening each week.] After weeks of discussing schools that focus on project-based learning, 'no excuses' learning, and the International Baccalaureate, in...
Resources for transformational learning | July 10, 2026
Some things worth investigating... All flourishing is mutual When staff build their own AI apps Play-based learning in New Hampshire’s kindergarten classrooms The evidence base on AI in K-12: A 2026 review 5 ways to integrate ‘place’ into PBL Student influencers, AI’s mirror problem, and the power...
Leadership for Deeper Learning, Class 04
[I am teaching a Leadership for Deeper Learning elective for one of our doctoral cohorts this summer and thought that I would share what is happening each week.] I wasn’t happy with how Class 04 went. I didn’t think our flow was smooth. Our timing felt off. It just didn’t feel right afterward. And...