Have you ever watched “Extreme Hoarders,” reader? Forget that “lost in the closet” header above. Sometimes the closet itself gets lost. My late aunt had a third bedroom that disappeared from view. The contents of that room’s doorway blended into the wall on either side, except for a few suspicious gnaw marks at the top of doorway moldings.

Education today sometimes reminds me of a hoarder’s house. How can you locate what matters? How can you find anything when the shelves have become so packed, when objects in view start flowing out doors into hallways, and out hallways onto hard-packed ground outside? The issues stream out from all sides, so many articles attacking so many problems, leading to so many prescriptions for improvement. Some of these touted solutions are vetted, while many others just spring into being, wild inspirations by people who never spent a week teaching in a classroom. If Bill Gates decided students required mid-morning energy bar breaks and afternoon yoga, would we all start accepting energy bar shipments while buying yoga mats?

I can easily visualize a staff meeting sucking up another afternoon as we all discuss yoga mats.

Eduhonesty: Just a wisp of a thought that I decided to share. Meanwhile: