Closed Door Policy
Most administrators tell faculty and staff that they have an open-door policy. However, it is important to remember that, besides…
Line Up! We’re picking teams!
Every adult can probably think back to a time when they were a kid standing along a wall praying to…
Should We Still Teach Analog Clocks?
On Friday, my colleague Steve Andre wrote in a staff wide email that he was considering teaching how to tell…
Please Quit Taking Kids Out of Electives to Do Reading Intervention
I get it. Reading scores are low in my district. And it’s not just the scores. Kids are struggling to…
Exit Through the Front Door
A recent piece in the Atlantic Monthly titled “Why the Demise of Field Trips is a Bad Thing” (12/9/2014) reports that…
The Principalship: Noble Attempt, Daffy Model
You know the expression. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck. No matter how…
Rigor Mortis
Collaboration. 21st Century Skills. Goal Setting. Inquiry. What do all of these have in common? They’re all buzz words that…