The Superintendent's Chair
Personal reflections about education as seen from the Superintendent's chair.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Data - hammer or flashlight?
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Is student achievement data a hammer or a flashlight? Clearly student achievement data provides information. It identifies student perform...
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Let's fire all the third grade teachers!
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The Detroit Pistons fired their coach today (Sunday, February 9). Mo Cheeks was hired just last summer. Several months and fifty games l...
Sunday, February 2, 2014
I don't want to be that guy!
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We all have met this guy. He's unpleasant. He thinks he is more important than everyone else. He thinks he knows more than everyone el...
Monday, January 27, 2014
The end of the world! But we will survive!
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The rivers have frozen! Snow is piled higher than a person is tall. The roads are two snow covered ruts. ...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
The MEAP fails the "timeliness" test
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Four months ago the students in grades 3-8 in my school district were given the state MEAP assessment. Students in grade 9 were given the S...
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Monday, January 13, 2014
Football, student engagement, and success
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Today, I read this: "O ne thing Tony Dungy told me is that, if you can make individual players better, then they're going to list...
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Let's honor what's important this year
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A new year started today. Even though it's a new year, priorities that have been set will continue to drive us forward. No doubt the...
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