When educational reform is in the air, some organizations make strong, positive adjustments and others spin their wheels in the bog of indecision. Teach For America has read the wind and is making the right adjustments so that TFA teachers … Continue reading
Common Core Is Not THE Reform; Core is the Engine FOR Reform
When something changes the world, do we recognize what is happening at the time? When did you buy your first cell phone? If your purchase was ten or more years ago, on that day did you imagine a future when … Continue reading
New School Report Cards: A school is as good as its least effective teacher
Superintendents and school boards, regarding how well children are achieving in your schools today, you are as fully clothed as the undressed emperor who walked down the village street in his skivvies believing that he was regally garbed. (Read The … Continue reading
Great Teachers Are Game Changers
Greatness is in demand these days. World Series contenders are looking for great pitching. Starters. Short relievers. Mid-relievers. Closers. You don’t have to throw more than a couple of innings, maybe 20 pitches at most, but if you have “great … Continue reading
Who Is Their Socrates?
September is a great month to tour the United States. The crowds of summer are thinned after most children are back in school and their parents have returned to work. Just fellow geezers and international tourists and occasional newly-weds. Most … Continue reading