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Recently, I saw a poster with this observation: “Meetings: ‘None of us is as dumb as all of us…”.  While it is meant to be humorous, the underlying sentiment about meetings is very serious.  Meetings have a very bad reputation! “31 Lost Hours per Month.” One of the biggest complaints in most organizations is meetings–they Read the full article…

When asked about the success of the Standards, Chester E. Finn, Jr., President of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, commented “The biggest potential pothole, by far, is failed implementation (Education Week, April 25, 2012).”  Successful implementation – like other major organizational changes – requires strategic and systemic thinking. What’s the district’s role in implementation? How Read the full article…

This topic is so complex. School culture is a reflection of how the school board, community, parents, administrators, staff, teachers, and students view and treat one another. Improving school culture requires buy-in from almost all stakeholders, doesn’t it?

James Watson (of Nobel Prize-winning science duo Crick & Watson) once stated: “Nothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration.”   Most of us accept that the world is too complex for one person to have all the answers. But do we behave this way in practice?   Do we risk complicating – but ultimately improving Read the full article…

Life’s Little Conversations…. At home…. Spoken: “Be home right after the dance.” Heard:  “Great! Dance ends at 11…plenty of time for burgers and visits after…drop friends home first… home by two! No prob!” At work … Spoken: “Significant budget cuts are indicated for the coming year.” Heard:  “‘Significant’…  Great!!!! That lets me off the hook. Read the full article…

Ask any individual in a school, a district – even an organization – what is the most important aspect of what they do and where they do it?  Culture.  The whole aspect of the environment and what that environment should be is often lost.  Some environments encourage entrepreneurship; some environments stifle creativity; some environments encourage Read the full article…

  Shrinking budgets!  Pending Cuts!  What should be targeted?  What should be protected?  Will the decisions be based on district values?  Or, will political clout win-out?     Can it be even be done rationally?  The challenge facing school districts is how to prioritize a list of existing programs and services in order to find resources Read the full article…

NEW Leadership Role – 3 Great Questions to Get You Started   New leadership postion?  Feeling overwhelmed trying to determine:  Priorities? Which problems are the worst and most important to tackle? How to get a grip on what’s really going on and where to best focus my time and energy? What questions should I ask Read the full article…

Wait, wait! You ARE in the right place! You navigated to this blog because you’re interested in all things educational… and look what you found! A title that looks as if it should be in a Zagat review or a Food TV commercial! But—seriously…hang with me for a moment or two in order to see Read the full article…

Looking to implement the common core?  Is your district going to a BYOT plan?  Facing Severe Budget Cuts?  Plans for implementing solutions to these common issues in school districts can be very complex as you move from the district level to the building level where the implementation will take place.  How do you pass the Read the full article…