Taking over as director of the Goodlad Institute for Educational Renewal, mathematics professor Dr. Allison Hintz knew she stood on big shoulders. Her first order of business: return to the work of Dr. John Goodlad, the renowned educational researcher for whom the institute is named. In doing so, Hintz came to more deeply appreciate — and take fresh inspiration from — his profound influence on the field of education. “Through many large-scale research projects and influential books, Dr. Goodlad strengthened the democratic purposes of schooling, deepening the understandings of how schools work and how they could improve,” Hintz said….