# https://knowresponsibility.com > Know Power Know Responsibility ## Posts - [The Power-Responsibility Dynamic in My House](https://knowresponsibility.com/the-power-responsibility-dynamic-in-my-house/): Will be posted soon! - [Kirkus Review of Know Power, Know Responsibility](https://knowresponsibility.com/kirkus-review-of-know-power-know-responsibility/): Kirkus Reviews have completed and published their review of my book, Know Power, Know Responsibility.  I couldn’t be happier with the review.  I’m posting it here or read it at the Kirkus website linked here: KIRKUS REVIEW An education veteran offers a new vision for a holistic system of learning. In this debut book, Miller presents a strategy for reinventing the learning environment that may be the first one inspired by the counterinsurgency tactics used in Afghanistan. The author argues that education reform requires the same kind of fundamental change to a “deeply entrenched and institutionalized” system. The work’s vision […] - [Launch of Know Power, Know Responsibility LLC](https://knowresponsibility.com/launch-of-know-power-know-responsibility-llc/): Know Power, Know Responsibility LLC (KPKR) was formed to serve as a hub for exploring the relationship between power and responsibility and the corresponding connection between these and unleashing the potential of individuals and groups. All of this stemmed from my book, Know Power, Know Responsibility, that was written to foster reinvention of public education. Yes, that’s a lot of power and responsibility, but it seems that multiple times every day I encounter situations and stories that reinforce the insights I’ve developed about this connection. It is my hope that KPKR and this website become a means for others to […] ## Pages - [BOOKS](https://knowresponsibility.com/books/) - [CONTACT](https://knowresponsibility.com/contact-2/) - [BLOG](https://knowresponsibility.com/blog-2/) - [ABOUT](https://knowresponsibility.com/about-us/) - [HOME](https://knowresponsibility.com/) - [Integrity is Essential to Successful School Design](https://knowresponsibility.com/free-school-redesign-resources/integrity-is-essential-to-successful-school-design/): Integrity is the most important element to successful school design. No matter what else a group brings to the process, without integrity they will not achieve their potential. This is true for any organization or initiative. To achieve their potential, they must have integrity. Unfortunately, integrity is rarely considered when creating teams or working on initiatives, because integrity forces everyone to be held accountable—to each other and to themselves. And while most people say accountability is a good thing, it creates a lot of challenges that people like to avoid; but those challenges are what make it so important. Integrity […] - [Chapter 24: Finding the Will and Battling Self-doubt with and through Integrity](https://knowresponsibility.com/free-school-redesign-resources/chapter-24-finding-the-will-and-battling-self-doubt-with-and-through-integrity/): This is all of Chapter 24 from Know Power, Know Responsibility providing insights on how integrity is essential to successful school redesign. Get the PDF of Chapter 24 - [An Overview of the School Design Process](https://knowresponsibility.com/free-school-redesign-resources/an-overview-of-the-school-design-process/): The first step in the School Redesign Process is accepting that it is both possible to design new school models and acknowledging there is immense value in the process itself. Toward that end, I encourage you to read “Yeah, but… Isn’t Redesigning School Models Impossible?” prior to reading this post. The process of designing a new school model for a given community is, as noted in the post linked above, actually very straight forward and within reach of any community willing to give it a go. Note that I did not say this will be easy. This process is human-centric, […] - [Yeah, but…Isn’t Redesigning School Models Impossible?](https://knowresponsibility.com/free-school-redesign-resources/yeah-butisnt-redesigning-school-models-impossible/): The school redesign process is actually straight forward and within the reach of any community willing to give it a go, but who reading this believes that statement? If so, feel free to skip this post and take a look at An Overview of the School Redesign Process. Most people, however, don’t believe it. They may believe it is absolutely necessary and want it to happen, but they have a perception that it is a bridge too far. There are two primary reasons why no one at any level has truly redesigned the school model. These are the beliefs that […] - [Message for Teachers and Other Education Professionals](https://knowresponsibility.com/free-school-redesign-resources/message-for-teachers-and-other-education-professionals/): Think about the best parts of your role as a teacher, administrator, or another position in a school community. Now think about those parts of the job that really detract from the pleasures and rewards. What if you could do more of the best parts and none of the bad? Think about the current COVID 19 crisis and how that has affected your job and the best parts of your job. What if a similar crisis—or any number of other crises that hit schools and districts every year such as floods, tornados, hurricanes, and wild fires—didn’t have to detract much […] - [What does it mean to “redesign the educational model”?](https://knowresponsibility.com/free-school-redesign-resources/what-does-it-mean-to-redesign-the-educational-model/): BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front): Begin with a “clean sheet of paper” and develop a model of school of education that achieves a set of desired outcomes for its students. Rather than begin with the current model and adapt it, set aside everything about the current model and design as if the current model never existed (a significant challenge, of course, but ultimately what will lead to the best design). Lipstick on a pig. That phrase gained prominence during the 2008 presidential election and is an apt analogy for nearly every educational “redesign”, “reinvention”, or “revolution” over the past few […] - [The Summitville Learning Community](https://knowresponsibility.com/free-school-redesign-resources/the-summitville-learning-community/): This is all of Chapter 16 from Know Power, Know Responsibility providing an example of what a redesigned school model might look like. Get the PDF of Chapter 16 - [Free School Redesign Resources](https://knowresponsibility.com/free-school-redesign-resources/): The materials below will help any community begin the process of designing an educational model that will unleash the potential of all the children in that community. These are offered with no obligation except to act always in the best interest of the community and its children. If you find the materials helpful, please share a comment to that effect and be sure to let others know these are available. If you have suggestions to improve the materials or need something you’re not finding here, please let me know through the comments or send me a note from here. What […] - [The List Continues - Additional materials to help on your journey](https://knowresponsibility.com/resources/school-model-design-resources/the-list-continues-additional-materials-to-help-on-journey/): Following are books and other materials discovered after Know Power, Know Responsibility was published that can contribute to reinventing the school model in any community. The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. Lukianoff, a First Amendment expert, and Haidt, a social psychologist, present arguments that recent generations of children have been over-protected in ways that have contributed to a variety of challenges among young adults, especially on college campuses. They present three “Great Untruths” that are at the heart of this situation. While some might counter certain of their arguments, the ideas and context presented […] - [Chapter 27 Excerpts](https://knowresponsibility.com/resources/school-model-design-resources/chapter-27-excerpt/): Below is the bulk of the content of Chapter 27 from Know Power, Know Responsibility. These are the materials recommended in the book for those who are beginning the school model reinvention journey. CHAPTER 27—Building a Base of Knowledge about Learning, Growth, and Development (excerpts) Required reading for all team members At a minimum, I strongly recommend all or most team members read the following books. I consider these critical to understanding the most important aspects of designing an effective school model. Full descriptions of each are found in their respective sections that follow: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success […] - [SLC Student Case Study - Thomas](https://knowresponsibility.com/resources/school-model-design-resources/slc-student-case-studies/slc-student-case-study-thomas/): My name is Thomas and I’m 16 years old. My family moved to Summitville when I was 10. I attended a regular elementary school through fourth grade in the suburb where we lived before moving here. I took enrichment classes at that school, but things were often frustrating because I didn’t feel challenged in most of my classes. When we moved here, I was told I was in charge of my own education, which I didn’t exactly believe until I was assigned my initial support team. My support team met with me several times just learning about me and sharing […] - [SLC Student Case Studies](https://knowresponsibility.com/resources/school-model-design-resources/slc-student-case-studies/): Thomas Anna (coming soon!) Brecken (coming soon!) - [Know Power Know Responsibility](https://knowresponsibility.com/resources/book/): Kevin Miller’s book Know Power, Know Responsibility was released in July 2019.  From the back cover: News Flash: The traditional factory model of school is holding back our students and our society, despite our educators’ best efforts. What if we could eliminate student achievement gaps in our country? What if we could substantially improve learning and skills development for every child in our country? Know Power, Know Responsibility provides a path for any community of caring citizens to offer its children the ultimate gift—the power to unleash their full potential. This book shows what a completely different school model could […] - [Moral Courage](https://knowresponsibility.com/big-ideas/moral-courage/) - [News and Events](https://knowresponsibility.com/about/news-and-events/): Coming Soon! - [School Model Design Resources](https://knowresponsibility.com/resources/school-model-design-resources/): Additional resources coming soon! - [Big Ideas](https://knowresponsibility.com/big-ideas/): There are connections among power, responsibility, and potential as well as numerous connections to other concepts, initiatives, challenges, values, opportunities, and more. These connections, their impacts, and what they mean for individuals and organizations–as well as what they mean for our larger society and the world as a whole–are explored in these Big Ideas sections of our web site. Critical Thinking Integrity Problem Solving Societal Challenges - [Our Mission](https://knowresponsibility.com/about/our-mission/): The mission of Know Power, Know Responsibility is to provide resources and offer services that enable individuals and organizations to increase their power and responsibility while pursuing and expanding their potential. - [Critical Thinking](https://knowresponsibility.com/big-ideas/critical-thinking/): At the heart of addressing our biggest individual and societal challenges–as well as creating and leveraging new opportunities–is critical thinking. Absent critical thinking, it is nearly impossible for a person to achieve their potential, develop the best solution to a challenge, or fully take advantage of an opportunity. The same is true of groups. Without the ability of group members to think critically, the collective outcomes will be compromised. In another section of Know Power, Know Responsibility, a similar statement is made about integrity. That is because integrity and critical thinking go hand-in-hand. To have personal integrity requires a person […] - [Problem Solving](https://knowresponsibility.com/big-ideas/problem-solving/) - [Integrity](https://knowresponsibility.com/big-ideas/integrity/): More coming soon! - [Contact and Services](https://knowresponsibility.com/contact/): Services — Helping Unleash Anyone’s Potential Kevin is available for speaking engagements, workshops, and consulting to help any organization and its individual members begin to unleash their potential. He will collaborate with your organization to develop presentations, activities, or plans tailored specifically to your unique circumstances and objectives. Over the years, Kevin has engaged thousands of people on topics such as: Organizational culture & change Leadership Critical & creative thinking Vision & mission development Ethics & integrity Situational awareness Commitment vs. compliance Power & responsibility Feedback from Participants “Created a great learning environment for some challenging subject matter. He created […] - [Presentations](https://knowresponsibility.com/presentations/): The presentations below are Kevin Miller at the 2017 National Conference on School Innovation. These were relatively soon after Kevin realized it would be possible to replace the factory school model and part of his journey toward founding Know Power, Know Responsibility. - [Societal Challenges](https://knowresponsibility.com/big-ideas/societal-challenges/): Coming soon! - [Blog](https://knowresponsibility.com/blog/) - [Know Power Know Responsibility](https://knowresponsibility.com/resources/): Kevin Miller’s book Know Power, Know Responsibility was released in July 2019.  From the back cover: News Flash: The traditional factory model of school is holding back our students and our society, despite our educators’ best efforts. What if we could eliminate student achievement gaps? What if we could substantially improve learning and skills development for every child? Know Power, Know Responsibility provides a path for any community of caring citizens to offer its children the ultimate gift—the power to unleash their full potential. This book shows what a completely different school model could look like, explains how a new […] - [Our Vision](https://knowresponsibility.com/about/imperatives/): A world where all individuals are pursuing and expanding their personal potential by recognizing their personal power and accepting their corresponding responsibility to make the world a better place. They will do this by implementing collaborative solutions to society’s greatest challenges and creating exciting new opportunities. - [Our Beliefs](https://knowresponsibility.com/about/beliefs/): To have integrity, an organization’s members must agree on and share certain values and beliefs at the heart of the organization’s purpose, decisions, and activities. It doesn’t mean the members share all their personal values and beliefs, but they share those of the organization. These beliefs should be referenced regularly, never contradicted by decisions and actions of the organization or its members, and occasionally revisited and even revised if appropriate. Know Power, Know Responsibility Core Beliefs Overarching Belief–Power, responsibility, and reaching for one’s true potential are inextricably linked. Supporting Beliefs: There is a multi-faceted two-way connection between power and responsibility. People […] - [Kevin Miller's Journey](https://knowresponsibility.com/about/founder/): The greatest adventures often begin without knowing the eventual destination. That’s the adventure I began over three decades ago at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. In the subsequent thirty years I have traveled to numerous states and countries, been a teacher and principal in rural, suburban, and urban schools, helped open and operate two charter schools, been part of numerous exciting state-level education initiatives, raised two sons, and lived in one of the most beautiful and violent places on Earth (Kunar, Afghanistan). In 2016, I began to see where this journey was leading.  My purpose and calling is to help others […] - [About Know Power, Know Responsibility](https://knowresponsibility.com/about/): Our purpose is to help everyone unleash their true potential by understanding and leveraging the relationship between power and responsibility. We have a particular focus on unleashing the true potential of future generations through new school models designed in and for each unique community. Kevin Miller Founder and Director Kevin Miller is an educator, Army officer, parent, and husband who has spent his life trying to make the world a better place.  He believes our children are our future and if the true potential of future generations can be unleashed, then that future will be incredibly bright. Kevin uncovered the connection […] - [Live your best life...in our best world](https://knowresponsibility.com/home/): If you are living your best life, then you’re to be commended. If you believe the world in which we live is the best it can be and you’re satisfied as it is, then I wish for you to enjoy your blessings and thank you for stopping by. If, on the other hand, you feel there could (and maybe should) be more to your life; or if you think our world has room for improvement, then read on. Power & Responsibility – The unrecognized secret sauce for finding everyone’s best life and for building our best possible world. 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