Guest Thinkers

What follows is an actual conversation between me and a dear friend who is also an administrative colleague. His name has not been changed, since he is guilty and cannot […]

This is not an advertisement for The Education Trust, nor is it an endorsement of all that The Education Trust stands for.  This post is merely my commentary on one […]

Thus far, I have posted about educational conspiracy, challenging the competitive nature of schools, and assessing assessments.  What follows is a topic near and dear to everyone’s career and workplace.  […]

Aside from serving as one of two Assistant Principals in my high school, I am also lucky enough to supervise three departments, one of which is Special Education.  I do […]

In our last post, we (Justin Medved and Dennis Harter) shared with you our 5 essential questions for the 21st Century Learner as well as our thinking behind how and […]

Yesterday we (Justin Medved and Dennis Harter) spoke about our efforts to broaden the conversation that we had been having within our department with our wider school and the leaders […]

So where do we (Justin Medved and Dennis Harter) go from here? Over the past week we have taken some time to reflect on our process of creating a meaningful […]

One could hardly call me a conspiracy theorist;  I don’t put much stock in Area 51 theories, alternate possibilities of the JFK assassination, or any such popular underground thoughts.  But […]

You’ve probably heard of the 21st Century Learning Initiative. There’s a good chance you think it is mostly about technology in the classroom. But that’s a misconception. The 21st Century […]

I’m tired of going to school. I don’t mean the elementary school where I work. I actually like that. When I entered the classroom I was told that the state […]

I will not reduce public education to an economic institution. It has become popular over the last few decades with the growth of the 21st Century Initiative to talk as […]

I’ve enjoyed the week. I’ll continue to watch for comments and respond to them for a week or so. And I’m sure I’ll be back regularly to the blog. My […]

tWhen Scott put out his initial request for guest bloggers on school leadership, we (Justin Medved and Dennis Harter) considered whether we fit the bill.  We are not school heads […]

Last year, we (Justin Medved and Dennis Harter) sat down to tackle the big question, “How does an information and technology curriculum stay relevant and meaningful in the 21st Century.”  […]

Is the term leadership a euphemism? If so, fornwhat? n Since about half of America is holding a primary or a caucus today, thatnquestion seemed relevant. I’m not sure most […]

Today was Day One in the script of the new reading program we started thisnyear. Not to be confused with Monday (which, obviously, it wasn’t). Unlessnschool is cancelled due to […]

Because education is largely a government function, there seems to be littlenhope of ever disentangling politics and education. n Today I’ll wear black tonschool. I’ve worn black to school almost […]

The first school I taught at when I entered the classroom at a few years ago was Big Creek High School. You may remember the movie the school featured prominently […]

Greetings from Chiang Mai, Thailand! We are a cohort of 10 administrators from California who decided to take a risk and look at leadership from a global perspective. We’ve had […]

Elephant Conservation Center After an intense week of late nights working and fast-paced assignments, several members of our cohort took a needed reprieve Saturday to visit the beloved and endangered […]

This is the 3rd of this week’s blogs from the California School Leaders in Thailand.  They are participating in an international post-graduate leadership program in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Phra Saneh […]

This week we are featuring the Thailand for School Leaders Program. Ten school administrators from California have ventured around the globe to lead, learn and share with an international flair. […]

I know I don’t really start until tomorrow, but I thought that I’d publishnone blog post today to try and create a little context for the things I’llnprobably say this […]

How was your weekend? I’d be willing to bet you watched at least a little football yesterday. I’d be surprised if you didn’t think about politics once or twice this […]

Is it possible to prevent learning disabilities? There’s a policy push to donjust that, and it was the main focus of the 2004 revisions to the Individualsnwith Disabilities Education Act […]

by Marion Ginopolis, Guest Blogger Recent attendance at a Stanley Cup celebration for the Carolina Hurricanes brought to mind a quote from hockey great, Wayne Gretzky, when asked the secret […]

Have you ever thought about technology issues facing less developed nations? Well…that is my perspective for this week. To begin my guest blogging week, I would like to share some […]

The Networked Readiness Index measures how prepared countries are to tap into the power of ICTs by focusing on the readiness of the environment and stakeholders as well as measuring […]

The mission of the One Laptop per Child initiative begins: nn “Most of the nearly two–billion children in the developing world are inadequately educated, or receive no education at all. […]

Wired magazine ran an interesting story in their April 2007 edition about an entrepreneur in the Ivory Coast who bought a cell phone, rigged up a ‘telephone booth’ and earned […]