Stop Coddling the Hare; Tend to the Tortoise

Aesop spun a fable about a race between the tortoise and the hare. The tortoise won! However, that was just a fable and not likely in real life where tortoises are what they are – slow and late to the … Continue reading

Professional Pay for Teachers in Five Years Not Twenty-one

“How long will it take me to reach the top annual salary in my profession?”, the newly hired teacher asked. Her first-year salary was just above the national average for starting teachers. “Twenty-one years,” the district’s Human Relations officer told … Continue reading

In the Business of School, No News Is Bad News

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