by admin | Mar 29, 2011 | Blog
In my last post, School Goals: Impediments or Enablers? I references an article from Leader IQ titled Are Smart Goals Dumb? The article’s author argues that traditional goals built around elements that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and...
by admin | Feb 22, 2011 | Blog
Those of us who work in the non-profit sector have known for a while now that much can be learned from the business sector in terms of management and administration, planning and the effective execution of practices aimed at educating all students. I recently read an...
by admin | Oct 22, 2010 | Blog
This steady and undissipated attention to one object, is a sure mark of a superior genius; as hurry, bustle, and agitation, are the never-failing symptoms of a weak and frivolous mind. –Lord Chesterfield, in a letter to his son (c. 1740s) I recently purchased...
by rodaniel | Sep 21, 2010 | Blog
I have the distinct pleasure of working with Bate Middle School in Danville, Kentucky with their iPod Touch Literacy Program. They are piloting for the second semester the use of iPods with middle school students to increase opportunities in classroom instruction to...
by admin | Jun 18, 2010 | Blog
In my post Why Support the Arts? I noted six points summarized from an article “Willingham: Six Practical Reasons Why Arts Education is Not a Mere Luxury” (Washington Post, November 23, 2009) by cognitive scientist Dan Willingham. Development psychologist Jerry...
