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“If the learner hasn’t learned, the teacher hasn’t taught.” How many times as an administrator or as an educator have you heard that phrase?  I know I have heard it often.    At times I have agreed with the statement but just as many times I have not!  I think if all things were perfect – the environment was Read the full article…

Think about the best teachers, bosses or leaders you have known.  Are they memorable because they let you off easy or expected little of you?  Probably not.  How often have you mused, “I am grateful to Ms. ___ because she didn’t require too much of me”? Not expecting enough of ourselves – and of others Read the full article…

Although summer vacation is over, parents know that any car ride still carries with it the possibility of hearing the old, familiar and much dreaded plaintive cry…”How much longer till we get there?”  Moms and Dads can find many ways to quell the commotion coming from kids, but school leaders who find themselves asking themselves Read the full article…

Yesterday I visited a school principal who was in his office, despite being on vacation, because there is just so much to do.  He kept apologizing for “the mess” – which was not really a mess at all, it was just the business of transitioning a school from summer activities to fall.  Summer, a time Read the full article…

Tired of people taking initiative or developing creative solutions?  Feel like putting a stop to that? It isn’t hard to do.  Envision the crestfallen look on a young person’s face when we tell them that despite a well-intentioned effort to do something in a new or better way, they did it wrong – and they Read the full article…

Isn’t it amazing how often we get so caught up in the moment, we do not think about what is coming next?   Sometimes it may be a crisis, but other times it may be something that just takes your breath away – like actually getting the technology grant! Coach K ( Mike Krzyzewski)   of the Read the full article…

How are you most likely to approach a controversial or difficult choice?  Do you typically open up the process to others and their ideas –  or batten down the hatches until ready to present your conclusions? Undoubtedly, you have experienced the challenges involved in either approach.   However, the answer to this question, though, may well Read the full article…

My son recently was ‘inaugurated’ as president of the University of Akron Graduate School Government.  In the ceremony, the associate provost, Dr. Becky Hoover, shared her experience with the conductorless Orpheus Chamber Orchestra from New York.  This Grammy-winning orchestra has never had a conductor! As one observer, David Pearce commented, “In a conductorless orchestra, the Read the full article…

Changes in the U.S. economy, demographics and labor market have altered the requirements for education, career and technical training. We agree that the present education model is not working for millions of urban youth who leave high school before earning a diploma. I am firmly convinced that this global problem can be solved! See my Read the full article…

Charter schools are powerful influences in contemporary education. They tend to enrage some constituencies as much as they are celebrated by others. The notion of viewing education as a “consumable” which can be viewed, evaluated and either accepted or rejected in much the same way as a piece of fruit in the grocery store is Read the full article…