Why Reform? Because You Can't Un-See...

1. That schools can (but don't have to) kill creativity... http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
2. That we are not alone... http://www.livebinders.com/play/present?id=34291 (Special thanks to @patrickmlarkin, @gcouros, @web20classroom, @JudyArzt, @NMHS_Principal, @MrChaceEGHS, #edchat, #edchatri, #cpchat & #1to1techat for the tools and support)  
3. That intrinsic motivation trumps extrinsic... https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/drive/id421965894?mt=11
4. That A-F grades are not meaningful feedback and that alternatives exist... http://smartblogs.com/education/2012/12/18/de-grade-your-classroom-narrative-feedback-mark-barnes/  & http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/12/what-badges-replaced-grades/
5. That a history lesson and a simple, deep, essential question can expose & help to change the outdated industrial model of education... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXpbONjV1Jc
6. That it is not the leader who decides if something is successful... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ 
7. That technology CAN & WILL change everything... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quYDkuD4dMU&feature=youtu.be
8. That failure is essential for building life long learning... http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/its-all-about-how-you-fail.html & http://eghsprincipalri.blogspot.com/2012/12/re-define-failure-fail-something.html
9. That being different is essential to being great... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOkFfvTGuGk
10. That there is more to the CCSS than meets the eye... http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2012/12/07/americas-next-education-crisis-and-who-benefits/

Not that you would want to, but what can you not "un-see"?