School choice is self-interest and self-interest is what it is, self before all else. One can parse out all the other motives and characteristics that underlie school choice and the one common denominator is “I want to choose who my … Continue reading
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