Over the past 30+ years, in spite of various education reform efforts, average ACT scores have been about the same - until recently. In this post, Dr. Doug Stilwell examines the problems of top-down approaches to education policy, and offers a better alternative using Deming thinking.

Is there such a thing as a broken system, or are the undesirable results evidence of a system performing precisely as intended? In this guest post, Dr. Doug Stilwell explores the nature of systems.

It’s time to take a look back at our 30th Anniversary Year. For the first two decades of our history, passionate volunteers were the driving force behind the Institute. As we celebrate 30 years of service, we are profoundly grateful for the remarkable partners, enthusiastic volunteers, and generous donors within the Deming community who have […]

In this guest post, Dr. Doug Stilwell explores a transformative encounter with a student on the dual nature of systems, and how his thinking shifted.

This is the final installation of Martin Laurent's story of transforming a GM plant using the Deming philosophy. He shares the extraordinary results of his team's efforts.

Martin Laurent's story of transforming a GM plant using Deming continues. (Part 3 in a 4-Part Series)

Marty Laurent describes how he took Deming thinking into a GM plant. He adapted to meet the local conditions and, over nine years, his team achieved tremendous success. (Part 2 in a 4-part series.)

Guest post by Marty Laurent: My 15-minute presentation lasted 6 hours. By the end, I had learned more from Dr. Deming than I had in all my years in college. (Part 1 in 4-part series.)

The aim of this article is to specifically address the topic of competition among schools and districts as a means to improve the performance of the education system. (Hint: it doesn't work!)

It is a great pleasure to offer a toast to Dr. Deming. He was a friend and mentor for 30 years. I cried when he died and would cry again today if I were here with you. And I am not alone. Dr. Deming touched many people’s lives in a very deep way.