Wednesday, April 30, 2014

21st Century Leadership: Fighting the Need to Always Be Right

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"True courage comes from moving away from having to be right and checking our ego at the door to see the bigger picture." Mark Ad...

Scrapple: Easy-to-Use, Low-Cost Mind-Mapping Tool for Writers

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Scrapple is an easy-to-use software tool that allows users to get ideas down quickly, then generate connections between those ideas quickly....
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

21st Century Leadership: Looking at Our Schools with 21st Century Eyes

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"Look at your learning space with 21st-century eyes: Does it work for what we know about learning today, or just for what we knew abou...
Friday, April 25, 2014

Arne Duncan Announces New-Old Policy---Tying Teacher Prep to Test Scores

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The Obama Administration announced its latest plan today that would tie federal funding of teacher preparation programs to test scores. Dunc...

'Fear and Learning in America': Stirring Up the Hornets' Nest in the War on Education

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“Simply put, smart superintendents don’t poke hornets’ nest with sticks.” John Kuhn, Fear and Learning in America: Bad Data, Good Teachers,...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

NC Judge Blocks Law Asking Teachers to Give Up Tenure for Bonus

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Last summer, our North Carolina Legislature handed all our state school administrators a hand grenade with the pin pulled. Under a law that...

Creativity Inc: How to Sustain Creativity in Your School, District or Organization

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"I would devote myself to learning how to build not just a successful company but a sustainable creative culture." Ed Catmull T...