The Superintendent's Chair
Personal reflections about education as seen from the Superintendent's chair.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Trying to scare teachers to death
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They've tried. They've tried really hard. It seems like there is a conspiracy to scare teachers to death. In fact, they have t...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
My most important job
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What is the most important thing I do everyday? Let me re-phrase that. What is the most important job I am supposed to do everyday? ...
Friday, February 21, 2014
Have we created a system that encourages us to be liars?
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In an interesting reflection in the New York Times Dr. Sandeep Jauhar says: The doctor-patient relationship is ideally an intimate partn...
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. ...
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