You’re feeling good – you have created demand for modeling your school as a PLC and have structures in place to answer the key questions. You are making progress along... read more →
There is a great deal of talk in education these days about 21st Century learning. A quick Google search of this topic produces thousands of hits. Much of it focuses... read more →
As I paid visits to schools at the beginning of this year, a teacher sent a question through the principal, “ask her when we are going to be good enough”. I... read more →
“Only half of the students in our school were proficient on last year’s end-of-level test, and our teachers seem satisfied with that!” This was the frustrating observation of a school... read more →
You can call your goat a chicken, but you won’t be eating eggs for breakfast! You may be thinking…what the heck does that mean? Quite simply put, changing the label does... read more →
With so many demands on curricular teams these days, collaborative time can quickly be sacrificed for coordination tasks such as scheduling events, casual dialogues of best practice, rote test modifications, and... read more →
Okay, be honest. Have any of your professional development decisions been made at the last possible minute, or in some cases, the last possible second? How many times have you... read more →
This blog title represents the response of teachers regarding their achievement of what some believe is a seemingly insurmountable feat—closing the achievement gap. During their recognition at the White House,... read more →
I have been the principal of Kinard Middle School since its inception in 2004. With humble beginnings, we operated our first two years on the second floor of a high... read more →
The first seven years of our journey have been similar to a roller coaster ride, fast, scary, heart stopping; however, amazing and exhilarating at the same time! See the following link... read more →