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I have three young kids, so macaroni and cheese is a staple in our household. But the box drives me bonkers. ‘To open, push here.‘ Are there any more dreaded […]
Many of my educational leadership colleagues across the country would say that they are working in the area of social justice. They write articles with titles like Expanding the landscape […]
What do 6 superintendents, 22 principals, 7 educational leadership professors, and 10 other central office / leadership folks have in common? They’re all blogging for LeaderTalk, the first group blog […]
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] Cognitive dissonance . noun. conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistency between one’s beliefs and one’s actions. [definition from the American Heritage Dictionary ] I believe that one […]
My letter to Secretary Spellings in the previous post about online multimedia textbooks is the outcome of a conversation that I had with Jim Hirsch, Associate Superintendent for Technology and […]
Yesterday I uploaded our third CASTLE Conversations podcast. I interviewed Julie Sykes, a doctoral student here at the University of Minnesota, about her Spanish Pragmatics Project, which is using virtual […]
The Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project recently released a report titled An Education Strategy to Promote Opportunity, Prosperity, and Growth . After noting that approximately $874 billion per year is spent […]
Jeff Yearout, Ed Tech Treehouse , sent me a link to this article in the Wichita Eagle. Although the article is framed around the concept that we’re losing our boys, […]
Here are some thoughts that are running through my head as we head into the weekend. They’re either half-finished or half-baked. I’m not sure which… Silence (or else)! I found […]
Miguel challenged us to find new voices. Between now and February 17 I am profiling eight nine bloggers that I’ve found informative and intriguing. Today’s new voice: Dave Sherman, Mr. […]
Miguel challenged us to find new voices. Over the past week and a half I have been profiling new bloggers that I’ve found informative and intriguing. Today I conclude this […]
Dangerously Irrelevant was six months old last week. It has been a non-stop learning journey. Like Pete, I too have been pleased with the warm welcome extended to me by […]
[send this letter to Secretary Spellings, Director Magner, and Congress] The Honorable Margaret SpellingsSecretaryUnited States Department of Education400 Maryland Avenue SWWashington, DC 20202-7100 Dear Secretary Spellings, The United States Department […]
Susan Funk , in her spiritedly assertive comment to my recent post on Kelly Christopherson , said, “Hey! I want some feedback on my recent blog post !” So here […]
Miguel challenged us to find new voices. Between now and February 17 I am profiling eight nine bloggers that I’ve found informative and intriguing. Today’s new voice: Scott Schwister, Higher […]
If we’re going to teach Information and Communication Technology (ICT) literacy skills in schools, we need ways of determining whether or not those skills have been learned by students. The […]
Well, it appears that Did You Know? has gone viral (again?). Both Karl Fisch and I have been getting boatloads of e-mails and phone calls lately from non-education folks. Apparently […]
Miguel challenged us to find new voices. Between now and February 17 I am profiling eight nine bloggers that I’ve found informative and intriguing. Today’s new voice: Rick Scheibner, RickScheibner.net […]
As a follow-up to my earlier posts about ubiquitous wireless Internet access and the need for a rural Internet initiative, here’s some news from Vermont. In a recent address to […]
As an untenured professor at a major research university, of necessity I spend a lot of time thinking and talking about ‘writing’ and ‘publication.’ I’ve blogged about some of this […]
Miguel challenged us to find new voices. Over the next week and a half, I will profile eight bloggers that I’ve found informative and intriguing. Most represent a leadership perspective. […]
Miguel challenged us to find new voices. Between now and February 17 I am profiling eight bloggers that I’ve found informative and intriguing. Today’s new voice: Scott Elias, Do I […]
Miguel challenged us to find new voices. Over the next week and a half, I will profile eight bloggers that I’ve found informative and intriguing. Most represent a leadership perspective. […]
I’ve often been told that I’m a good teacher, which of course I appreciate greatly. But I’ve decided I need to do more anti-teaching a la Mike Wesch (you probably […]
Miguel challenged us to find new voices . Between now and February 17 I am profiling eight nine bloggers that I’ve found informative and intriguing. Most represent a leadership perspective […]
Miguel challenged us to find new voices . Between now and February 17 I am profiling eight nine bloggers that I’ve found informative and intriguing. Most represent a leadership perspective […]
Some daycare centers are allowing parents to log in and watch what’s happening in their kid’s classroom via secure webcam. As sort of a follow-up to yesterday’s post, here are […]
Christian, I don’t know if this is what you had in mind when you tagged me for the leadership meme, but here goes… I believe that effective school leaders can […]
Today I uploaded the second CASTLE Conversations podcast for our data-driven decision-making podcast series. After feeding them a yummy lunch, I had a great discussion with Joan MacDonald, Linda Perdaems, […]
Miguel’s wistful.Anne’s feeling dull.Wesley’s introspective.Doug’s worried that some of his favorite bloggers are trying to compensate. This all serves to highlight the results from the education blogosphere survey that I […]