My current reading selection is Transforming Schools by Allison Zmuda, Robert Kuklis, Everett Kline. This has been an interesting read and there are many things I’m mulling over. Today, in the mail, I received my monthly copy of Educational Leadership. Guess what the topic is for the month? Giving Students Ownership of their Learning! Well, if that…
As I read through Transforming Schools by Allison, Zmuda, Robert Kuklis and Everett Kline, my thoughts about school transformation are held by the idea that “A competent system serves the end of enhanced achievement for all students.” The book goes on to describe how this can be achieved through systems thinking, collegiality, information-driven reality and…
Steve Dembo in his thirty days of blogging suggest that we say thanks to those people who have inspired us and helped us. As I read this I was immediately struck that this could turn into a long list as I have many people to thank for their help and encouragement over the past few…
Steve Dembo, over at Teach42, has challenged other bloggers to the 30 days of blogging for the month of November. Since I just ran across this in my RSS reader, I figure I can still get in on it and maybe just add 2 days at the end. What do you think, Steve? My biggest…