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- Thought of the Day: Reactions
- Commissioner’s Update – March 26, 2015
- Encouragement
- LePage tax cut plan, based on disproven thinking, comes at a staggering price
- Surviving Friendly Fire: 8 Tips for Dealing with Unfair Criticism
- It’s All Urgent! Six Ways to Prioritize When Everything’s a Priority
- Commissioner’s Update – January 29, 2015
- Millions in public school funds on the line if Maine loses federal education waiver
- All six of Maine’s charter schools have student waiting lists
- Expenses up more than revenue in state K-12 budget proposal
- LePage’s ridiculous corporate tax giveaway will face legislative scrutiny
- LePage proposes under-the-radar corporate tax giveaway
- Washington State Democratic Party Committee Votes to Reject Common Core
- Who Is Profiting From Charters? The Big Bucks Behind Charter School Secrecy, Financial Scandal and Corruption
- The Reality Tale of Two Education Systems: One for the Poor, and One for the Rest
- Report recommending EPS changes now available
- More money for K-12, but costs rising
- Exposing K-12 Schools Achilles’ Heel
- The Role of the Community in Education
- Step By Step, the Journey Towards Freedom From Grade Levels
- The Abdication of Parenthood: A Cry For Help?
- 10 Wishes for Schools in 2015
- China’s Education Gap
- Education on Wheels: What are the Real Costs of Busing Too Many Kids to School?
- LePage Administration proposes public charter school funding fix
- Commissioner’s Update – January 22, 2015
- There’s no answer sheet for questions about how LePage’s tax reform plan would affect Maine schools
- Mind Over Marshmallows
- Pennsylvania: Watching Public Education Die in Delaware County
- “Schools in Context”: The Full Text of a Major Study Comparing the U.S. to Eight Other Nations
- How and Why Money Matters in Schools (one more time – updated)
- A Néw Bill to Abolish Annual Testing
- 3 Ideas to Revolutionize School
- How To Manage Systems
- $48/barrel oil. What do you mean we shouldn’t be happy about that?
- South Portland school officials worry LePage plan could cause local budget woes
- LePage flat-funds education in proposed budget riddled with cuts
- LePage’s push for school district consolidation: Incentives not penalties
- With tax cuts, LePage owes voters fiscal responsibility
- The Law of Diminishing Intent
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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Fear is a prison
May 22, 2013 by Scott McLeod As Howard Rheingold notes, The technology affords an environment in which students [can] take on more of the power and responsibility for their own learning. But we don’t see that. Instead, we see READ … Continue reading
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Dealing with the Dysfunctionally Defensive
Whenever we teach our Front Line Leadership program for supervisors and managers, inevitably we get approached by a frustrated participant who has an employee with a seemingly bizarre behavior that seems to defy logic. The key indicator of a dysfunctional … Continue reading
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The LePage administration decided ahead of time how many A’s, B’s, C’s, D’s and F’s it would hand out.
May 13 Mike Tipping: School grading system intentionally flawed to achieve a goal The LePage administration decided ahead of time how many A’s, B’s, C’s, D’s and F’s it would hand out. Two weeks ago, I wrote a column (“LePage’s … Continue reading
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Is Jeff Bliss a Rotten Apple or a Gold Star?
Originally posted on The Internaut:
On Monday, an incident occurred between a student and teacher in a social studies class at Duncanville High School in Dallas, Texas. The incident was caught on video, posted on YouTube, and quickly went viral…
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Devious Political Tactics: Mis- and Disinformation
by Rick Brenner Practitioners of workplace politics intent on gaining unfair advantage sometimes use misinformation, disinformation, and other information-related tactics. Here’s a short catalog of techniques to watch for. READ MORE…. REBLOGGED FROM: Point Lookout – Chaco Canyon Consulting Richard … Continue reading
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Advantages of Conflict At Work
Originally posted on Practical Practice Management A Division of Top Practices:
Conflict in itself is neither good nor bad, it is just conflict. It is how people handle the conflict that will determine if it leads to a positive or…
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What we can learn from the rise and fall of Michelle Rhee
by Jason Stanford on April 17,2013 At some point, we need to stop believing in miracles, at least in education. While we’re still getting over the RICO indictments handed down in the Atlanta cheating scandal comes the revelation that the … Continue reading
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Taking the Dread Out of Performance Reviews
Originally posted on 2MBoldn: Energy and Presence for Leadership:
When it comes to performance reviews, there are two absolute truths for every organization: 1. No manager wants to write it or give it. 2. Every employee wants feedback. It it…
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“I Don’t Trust You”: Ending Employee Policies That Communicate Distrust
Originally posted on 2MBoldn: Energy and Presence for Leadership:
Bloomberg Businessweek posted an article today here by Liz Ryan that sarcastically expresses in actual language what so many management policies communicate through their origination and enforcement: We don’t trust you.…
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The First Race to the Top
Opinion By WILLIAM J. REESE Published: April 20, 2013 FOR the nearly 50 million students enrolled in America’s public schools, tests are everywhere, whether prepared by classroom teachers or by the ubiquitous testing industry. Central to school accountability, they assume … Continue reading
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News & Notes on LEARNING for LEADERS 