The Superintendent's Chair

Personal reflections about education as seen from the Superintendent's chair.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Flower now: Lessons learned from nature

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I recently visited Seattle. On April 5th I was able to walk - in shorts no less (if you live in Michigan as I do you know what a pleasure ...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

Monitoring your every move

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UPS has begun monitoring a driver's every move . It is done, the company says, to increase productivity. UPS monitors when the truck d...
Monday, April 14, 2014

Why teaching is difficult

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Bryce Harper was (is) a can't miss prospect. At 16 he was on the cover of Sports Illustrated . He left high school early s...
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Why teach?

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It's a simple question: Why teach? Every aspiring teacher is asked that question in one form or another. I asked it today. I was ...
Friday, March 21, 2014

Duke goes down! What lesson do we learn?

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Duke - mighty Duke - got beat by Mercer today. Coach K - the household name, Olympic gold medal winning coach, 4-time national championshi...
Friday, March 14, 2014

You have to be kidding!

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Blogging with 1st graders? You have to be kidding! 1st graders need to learn the basics. They need to learn how to write with a pencil. ...
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Monday, March 3, 2014

The (limited) power of analytics

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Data is in vogue.  Athletics has begun to use data - changing how we believe we can create success in athletics. Moneyball - using data...
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