The Superintendent's Chair
Personal reflections about education as seen from the Superintendent's chair.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
On Teacher Appreciation Day, I would like to say thank you
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I've had teachers whom I've loved. Miss Hixenbaugh, 4th grade teacher at Inez elementary School. She had never married, stood over...
Monday, April 22, 2013
If work is no longer a place, what about school?
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School, for most of my life, has been a place. Inez Elementary School. Monroe Junior High School. Sandia High School. Graceland College. T...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Letting happiness find me
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I've been thinking about happiness lately. Questions abound. What is it? How do you find it? How do you keep it? Recently, I...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Gamers as a model for real learning?
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What do you think of when you think of a gamer? A slacker? A basement dweller who can't relate to the real world? How about . . . ...
Friday, March 8, 2013
Data, sports, and schools: What's the connection?
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An article appeared on how statistics and data can be used to improve outcomes. The author said: analytics are advancing and changing eve...
Monday, March 4, 2013
When data conflicts with a political agenda, who wins?
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On January 16, 2013, Governor Snyder, in his state of the state address, said the following: Only 17 percent of our kids are college read...
Friday, February 22, 2013
Reflection on teaching and teachers
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How hard is teaching? Lee Shulman described teaching this way: "Classroom teaching is the most complex, most challenging, and most...
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