Does New Educational Lingo Impede Progress?
Every few years, new educational buzzwords seem to surface. I remember first noticing this when we were in the third year of running a district wide Parent Support Group for…
Category: educational reform
Be The Change…..
I do my share of complaining. I know I do. Some of it stems from just being human. But, some of it also stems from having an extreme sense of…
You say Potato, I say Potato. I say Interdisciplinary, You say Transdisciplinary. Do we understand each other?
Staff Meetings While presenting at a staff meeting the other day, I explained that in the after school club I led I used an interdisciplinary approach to my teaching. Going…
An Important Quote for Leaders
Today’s blog post will be brief. Primarily this is due to digging around in my stacks of papers, handouts, and folders for visual aids I need to help me make…
Procrastination Fueled by Inefficiency, Disorganization, and Devaluing
Procrastination is not usually something that affects me personally. Character traits such as being highly organized, efficient, motivated, and goal orientated are more likely terms you might hear to describe…
Use Your Voting Rights Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the school board election in our town. There are two incumbents and one challenger for two seats. Are you going to vote? How well do you feel you…
Five Days to a Tailspin
This is a story about my intensity as a person and why I cannot make a run for a seat on the school board. You need to know that I…
Giftedness: Do We Need the Label or Not?
Recently, I have been bothered by some emails I received from Dr. Jo Boaler who is a Math Professor at Stanford University in California and founder of You Cubed, a…
