Syncing Transition Efforts Middle to High School

Syncing Transition Efforts Middle to High School

For adolescents, the leap from middle to high school is fraught with anxiety and anticipation. It’s also a time of great concern for parents who release their children to an environment of more responsibility and choice. The degree to which middle and high...
Sitting with Van Gogh: Thoughts on Arts and Learning

Sitting with Van Gogh: Thoughts on Arts and Learning

Lately, Vincent van Gogh has been consuming my waking and sleeping hours. Over the holidays I saw an art exhibition, Becoming Van Gogh at the Denver Art Museum. My sister in law purchased the tickets and invited me to see the show with her the Saturday before...

More on Leadership and the Common Core

This is the third in a series of blogs about school leadership and the Common Core Standards.  The first blog explored the idea of implementing yet another reform and how school leaders can foster a sense of enthusiasm and openness.  The second blog focused on the...

Leadership and the Common Core: English Language Arts

School leaders face a significant challenge in implementing new reforms, which seem to come with increasing frequency.  While the Common Core Standards hold promise for shaping a deeper, more thoughtful curriculum for students in English Language Arts (and...