When perception is reality, bad news about your school is terrible news, no news is bad news, and good news is the only news with a future. If your local school is not generating and publishing good news about its … Continue reading
The Ugly American Transcendent
When I read The Ugly American more than 50 years ago, an archetypal 3-D image affixed in my thinking, one that has emerged as a lens through which to observe phenomenal persons over the past half century. Yesterday, a populist … Continue reading
Human Talent Is The Key to Tech Advancement
You may read this article as a presentation of an employment concept or as an endorsement of a person; either way, you are right. Which is more valuable when you are short on each – human talent or tangible, highly … Continue reading
The Attack on Teacher Prep – A Last Bastian At Risk
The idea that teachers in public schools need not be professionally prepared by licensed teacher preparation programs is circulating in my state. So that I am clear on the issue, I believe that this idea is an unadulterated wrong. The … Continue reading
Ernie in the Back Row – The Reality of Educational Reform
“Hey, Ernie! Yes, you in the back row of the faculty meeting where you have been sitting it seems like forever. Do you remember telling us ‘I’ve seen educational changes come and go. All I have to do is sit … Continue reading