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The Business of Education
Posted on November 13, 2009
We now have about two weeks until Thanksgiving break. Life continues to speed by.
The Business of Education
Posted on November 4, 2009
Both of these are colossal pains in my… neck.
The Business of Education
Posted on October 21, 2009
During Open House, I sat through 10 minutes of stories about a wonderful child. I started to wonder if the teacher had confused me with someone else. Then it hit me. There could only be one answer. I don’t know why I didn’t think of it earlier. It was so obvious.
The Business of Education
Posted on October 15, 2009
Change is hard. That’s why I’m not interested. When you work in a school, there is always a lot of talk about changing things (by talk, I mean it rhymes with witching).
The Business of Education
Posted on October 8, 2009
This isn’t completely true. Not all parents hate the principal at their child’s school. I thought it was important to clarify because I don’t want to be responsible for scaring teachers who are considering a career in school administration.
The Business of Education
Posted on October 1, 2009
We need to stop. Far too many of us spend way too much time teaching our kids to be "winners." It turns out that winning is easy. Losing is hard — especially when you’re not prepared for it. Losing isn’t nice.
