Okay, I went down a rabbit hole over the past few days. As is always with me, these ideas are not well-formed, and I want to share them with you as they percolate in my brain. I do believe this discussion is relevant to the future of public education, so please keep on reading! All of these thoughts come from Redeeming…
I was planning on writing a response to a blog post about managing change in an organization, but I changed my mind. Instead, I want to merge the suggestions from the blog with a new perspective. Imagine a world where we focus on helping our staff learn instead of constantly worrying about managing change. It would be an incredible place…
Currently, the news cycle is being dominated by a “college admissions” scandal. A good synopsis of the scandal can be found here. The gist of the scandal is that wealthy people were doing things to guarantee admission to elite schools for their children. The details are sordid, but basically significant sums of money were changing hands to cheat on the…
Industries are being disrupted by people and organizations that are utilizing technology to reframe the traditional business role. Disrupters study an industry in an effort to determine its most essential components. By doing this, disrupters do not approach the problem with a technology in mind. Rather, they concentrate their time on doing the heavy mental lifting required to analyze the…
I have become fascinated with the political philosophy that underpinned the beliefs of our founding fathers. Through my journey of learning, I have discovered that we must move beyond the simple Lockean stereotype that we have pigeon-holed most of our founding fathers. The men that influenced our founding fathers ranged from Locke, Hume, Montesquieu, Smith and many others. It seems…
Future-focused superintendents create habits that lead to their success. Creating a “space” where educators take the time to think about their practice and the implications for their communities is a vital aspect of a future-focused superintendent. If you are not careful, you will find yourself “ping-ponging” from one activity or crisis to another throughout the day. The opposite of this…
I am sharing an existential “bump in the road” that I am experiencing. Generally, I would not share my existential “issues”; however, this one (I feel) reflects a larger societal issue that deserves some reflection and directly impacts the work that we have undertaken together as education leaders. When we talk about changing (or transforming) schooling,education, or learning, we are…