Ten years ago I started wearing reading glasses, a.k.a. magnifiers. Nothing fancy, just the $5.00 kind you’d find in a well stocked hardware store or pharmacy. One pair sufficed at the start, but I quickly realized I was spending way too much time looking for that one pair. Now I have seven perched on important … Continue reading “Magnifiers, Rose-Colored Glasses and Persistence”
You must be thinking what an odd title for a blog on education and school reform. Well, you can thank my friend and colleague, Marcia, at WSWHE BOCES for this entry. Marcia reads this blog, and she knows my penchant for rose-colored glasses. Anyhow, the other morning Marcia asked me if I had seen the Antiques … Continue reading “School Reform, Pecking, and Chicken Glasses”
Before finalizing a purchase, stock investors conduct what is known as due diligence. They evaluate a company’s products and services against its competitors, study its balance sheet, and look at various charts and ratios to decide if it is an investment worthy of their hard-earned dollars. Not necessarily so for teachers and principals in public … Continue reading “Affirmation in the Churning Whitewater of Educational Reform”
The check’s in the mail. Honestly. We sent it out yesterday, and it’s a deposit on my daughter’s next life chapter, higher education. It’s a big check, as most college tuition checks are, but those dollars are one of the smartest investments my wife and I could make for our daughter. As the bumper sticker … Continue reading “The Costs of Education Versus Ignorance”
Is Race to the Top and its numerous components being presented by statewide Network Teams as a layer cake or a Rubik’s Cube? We’ll answer that question in a moment. Yesterday at the January New York State Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching (PSPB) meeting, Regents Task Force member Dr. Lloyd Jaeger shared beautifully the … Continue reading “Race to the Top and School Reform: Rubik’s Cube or a Six-Layer Cake?”
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