Conflicting special interests complicate decision making. However, when the right thing to do becomes apparent, leadership should try to do it. Continue reading
“When You Know What Is Right, Try To Do It” – A Mantra For Leadership
Civility – Another COVID Casualty
The pandemic is a medical/health crisis of planetary proportions. It also is a crisis to our community and its civility. When disagreements about the virus become angers and angers color what we say and do, the pandemic claims another casualty. Continue reading
The Start of the 21-22 School Year Depends Upon Your #1
The pandemic continues. Contention about school protocols continues. How you view these depends upon your #1 priority. Continue reading
Educating Children: “The hard is what makes it great”
The pre-pandemic is gone and there is no getting it back. The 2021-22 school year requires the hard work of emerging from health protocols and re-engaging in the person-to-person business of educating children. Continue reading
Schooling As A Long View: A Best Perspective
As educational centers, we must say what we mean and mean what we say. All curriculum has value for children. Student achievements in all our curricula are the real measures of a school’s educational quality. Continue reading
School Is Where Children Grow Up: Education Is How They Grow Up
School is an experience for children and adults alike. We are not certain how our teaching affects a child until many years later when the effects of an education are lived out. Continue reading
Reading Wars Redux – A Good Fight
Data show that current, non-phonics-based strategies leave more than half our students as non-proficient readers. SoR provides a new and compelling look at phonics-based reading and is a game changer. Continue reading
Assure There Will Be No Yada Yada in September
The gap between the old normal and new normal requires more than a restart. Organizational gut-checking is necessary to assure a better 21-22 school year for all. Continue reading
School Board Work Is A Wonderful Responsibility
School boardsmanship requires respect and integrity, a search for sound information, being informed about and by your school, standing for the quality education of all children, and a focus on policy and practice. It is a wonderful responsibility. Continue reading
Leadership Longevity Is Tenuous
Leadership is transactional. You must lead both those who want to be led and those who do not. Outcomes can be fractious. Longevity in a position is hard to achieve. Continue reading