Category Archives: Education
Creativity–Chapter 2
In a previous post titled, “The most valuable commodity in the 21st Century,” I addressed the need for schools to foster and not kill creativity. Since writing that post, a colleague shared an interesting article, titled “What Chief Executives Really … Continue reading
Schools out for the summer–Has all learning stopped?
Summer’s arrival is bittersweet. On the one hand, kids are looking forward to the break and if truth be told, so are many teachers. However, for teachers it also arrives with the fear that some kids will spend their summers … Continue reading
Surprises about the 4-Day School Week
Educational leaders joined virtually and in person to learn more about the merits and challenges of a 4-Day School Week on Friday, February 26, 2010. Jerry Cullan, Superintendent at Barber County North and Randy Rivers, Superintendent of Leon/Bluestem shared their … Continue reading
4-Day School Week–How might it impact student learning?
Schools continue to look for solutions to the financial crunch they are feeling. Most solutions under consideration are designed to operate schools in more efficient ways, as opposed to systemically redesigning the delivery system. Moving to a four-day school week … Continue reading
How Does Consolidation of School Districts Impact Student Learning?
There is no doubt, the post legislative audit released last week in the State of Kansas provided a lot of ‘fodder’ for discussion. I, too, ‘pawed’ over the report looking to see how realistic the proposed consolidation seemed, and like … Continue reading
Consolidation–The Dirty "C" Word
It appears there is no relief in the short-term for the financial woes that schools in Kansas and many other states are feeling. An article in today’s edition of The Hutchinson News summarizes the results of last year’s legislative post-audit. … Continue reading
Financial Literacy in Schools
Recently I overhead a debate about whether schools should teach ‘financial literacy’ or not. On the one hand, it was being argued that it is not the school’s responsibility, that this should be done in the home and we need … Continue reading
Student Motivation
Teachers who tell that you kids that today just aren’t motivated truly don’t understand much about motivation. It might, however be accurate to say that some kids aren’t motivated to do the things they being are asked to do in … Continue reading
Because Our Future Depends On It 