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Schools always have limited resources. Even when they get a big grant or the community approves a technology referendum, there’s never enough money to go around. It seems to me […]
A nation’s economy can be divided into different sectors. nn If you took away technology from the primary sector (raw goods) of our economy agriculture, mining, forestry, farming, fishing, […]
This eSchoolNews article discusses the recent Wall Street Journal article criticizing one-to-one laptop programs and contrasts it with ISTE’s new book highlighting successful laptop programs. Here’s the problem… The article […]
This is a post for those of you who work in, or have taken classes from, university educational leadership programs. Below is a statement from a recent e-mail exchange I […]
Since David posted about one of his data-driven decision-making (DDDM) projects yesterday, I thought I’d chime in with some info about a massive DDDM initiative underway here in Minnesota… The […]
District Administration unveiled what looks to be a very interesting new resource last Friday. Like the Ed-Tech Insiders at eSchoolNews and the TechLearning bloggers, The Pulse is an online area […]
Last week I had a series of posts on the potential value of blogging by administrators. To facilitate easy dissemination to school leaders (hint, hint!), this four-page PDF document contains […]
Here’s a great quote from Seth Godin’s The Big Moo. See also the About This Blog quote from Gwynne Dyer in the top right corner of this web page.
In addition to the white paper that I wrote for Microsoft that summarized essential data-driven decision-making concepts for teachers and principals, I also wrote a second white paper that summarized […]
Educators today are expected to integrate the collection and analysis of student learning data into their ongoing instructional and organizational practice. Yet if you walked into almost any school in […]
I recently compiled a short list of quotations that have greatly influenced my thinking about schools, technology, and the future. I’ve been handing it out to K-12 administrators to spark […]
I started this blog a month ago. Since then I’ve discovered the difficulty of coming up with something meaningful and interesting at least five times a week. I’ve also discovered […]
I’m pleased to announce several more guest bloggers. Dr. David Quinn, Assistant Professor at the University of Florida, will be a guest blogger next week. He will be followed by… […]
I’m a quotes aficionado so I just added a quotes category. I realized that I needed somewhere to capture the poignant phrasing of others and figured this was as good […]
Yesterday I began a week-long series of posts that discuss the potential value of blogging by K-12 administrators. This series of posts stems from Chapter 4 of The Corporate Blogging […]
School starts today here in Minnesota. Let’s see how we’re doing. Hmmm… Looks like we still have some work to do.
The latest report from the feds reminds us that there’s still a lot of work to be done to close the digital divide. Here are a few highlights from the […]
My series on the potential value of blogging by K-12 administrators continues today. In this post I’ll cover issues related to community building and customer relations. Previous posts addressed issues […]
Jim Collins has come out with a monograph that applies the lessons from Good to Great to social sector leaders (e.g., school administrators). Good to Great and the Social Sectors […]
I’ve been getting a lot of positive feedback on the white paper that I wrote last year for Microsoft so I thought I would share it as a resource here. […]
This is Day 4 of my thread on the potential value of blogging by K-12 administrators. Today I’ll address issues related to branding and creating “customer evangelists.” Previous posts covered […]
I’m pleased to announce my first guest blogger, Dr. David Quinn. David is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Administration and Policy at the University of Florida and […]
This is the final day of my thread on the potential value of blogging by K-12 administrators. Today I’ll address issues related to thought leadership, advocacy, and potentially replacing part […]
As Jim Collins has noted, good is the enemy of great. In other words, organizations that are viewed internally or externally as being good rarely have any incentive to do […]
Even though I’ve been a NASSP member for years, it took me until yesterday to run across the Principal’s Policy Blog – definitely a source I’ll start tracking from now […]