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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…

It is budget time again!  This is the time of year when many school districts are faced with decisions based on what they perceive as having least impact in the classroom.  I can’t help but think that cuts that are seemingly “outside the classroom” still have a significant impact in the classroom.  Professional development is Read the full article…

School and district leaders often face tough choices that have no clear-cut solutions. Education leaders must figure out how to: do more with less funding, turn around low-performing schools, implement multiple initiatives, and raise student achievement. How these and other challenges are addressed can have a significant impact on students, teachers, and the community. But Read the full article…