Oct

31

This blog just isn’t getting it done.

October 31, 2006 | 6 Comments

I just realized something major through a conversation with other educators in a session with Will Richardson about changing school to keep up with the learning available in School 2.0. We’re talking about the urgency to really get educators to LEARN about everything that’s available through connections on-line, to understand the LEARNING that’s vital, and [...]

Oct

30

Small change

October 30, 2006 | 3 Comments

So what can I tell you, I like change. I’ve been resisting the urge to change my blog presentation, figuring readers were used to the daisy look. But, hey, I’m a girl who changes the furniture at least once per week at home and a couple of times per year in my office at school. [...]

Oct

30

Ineligibility Procedures

October 30, 2006 | 3 Comments

Do you work in or attend a school with an ineligibility procedure? This means that if students don’t meet a teacher’s criteria, they will be ineligible for after school activities. This is an issue that I’ve been thinking about for a very long time. It’s somewhat of a “hot button” issue for our school and [...]

Oct

29

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me. . .

October 29, 2006 | 4 Comments

I think teenagers get a bad rap sometimes. We took a trip to the Mall yesterday. My son is fourteen and I heard him ask his nineteen-year old sister if she remembered reaching the age where everyone looks at you as if you’re about to steal something from them. She agreed unequivocally, stating that there [...]

Oct

26

To retain or not to retain, that is the question.

October 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment

We have a Dean of Students, Dan C., who handles discipline in G-Town. He and I had an interesting discussion this morning about retention. It’s not the first time we’ve had this discussion and it’s generally the same every time.
About two years ago, a considerable number of students were retained in the middle school because they failed multiple subjects. [...]

Oct

26

Hooked on learning

October 26, 2006 | 4 Comments

I think this blogging gig is actually leading to meaningful conversations about education. Face to face conversations. I’m running into teachers and students in the hallway who have read a blog post and then want to talk about it. This is much different than the casual, “how’s it going?” conversations that normally take place. They [...]

Oct

25

Encore

October 25, 2006 | 2 Comments

When I think about our encore subjects, or specials as some districts call them, I think my expectations are greater in some ways than for the core subjects. After all, teachers of encore subjects don’t have to worry about the Regents exams and they aren’t scrutinized in the K-12 analysis of data. So why would my expectations [...]

Oct

24

Just a little success at something.

October 24, 2006 | 3 Comments

David O’Rourke proposed an interesting activity at a meeting I attended yesterday. We’re focusing on our students who drop out, specifically those who are Native American because they are dropping out at a significantly higher rate than our other students. David is leading our three-district initiative.
Yesterday he asked us to take two minutes to think [...]

Oct

24

Does commercial speech enjoy protection?

October 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment

How many possible ways will people misinterpret this trial challenging the Child Online Protection Act to support whatever position they have about censorship of all technology for kids? Let’s hope everyone reads for detail and understands the implications of the result.

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Oct

20

Renovate or rebuild?

October 20, 2006 | 5 Comments

Do you ever imagine your ideal high school? I do. I spend a lot of time thinking about the future of education and how dramatically learning will shift in the next 10 years. I wonder if public high schools will shift to mirror the learning shift. I wonder if we’ll plan the changes we need in public education [...]

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