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Blame the Technology… Again 22 Aug 2013 | 06:57 pm
I really hate when popular media report research findings with headlines like this: “Students’ use of laptops in class found to lower grades”. Too many people won’t get past that blanket statement, ne...
Some Serious Navel Gazing 13 Aug 2013 | 06:58 am
By my count, one that is likely off a little bit, the Washington Post paper edition published more than 40 different stories about their own sale between Wednesday, the day after it was announced, and...
The Finnish Difference 12 Aug 2013 | 08:51 pm
In his weekly email message to our principals, the deputy superintendent for our overly-large school district opened with this quote from Pasi Sahlberg, author of Finnish Lessons and keynote speaker a...
Hey, Look at Us! 7 Aug 2013 | 02:51 am
This morning, almost the entire front page of the Washington Post, including everything above the fold, was devoted to one story: the sale of the Washington Post. The kind of coverage usually reserved...
No Change, Just Better Numbers 5 Aug 2013 | 05:06 pm
Seth Godin’s daily post begins with a couple of interesting lines. As soon as we measure something, we seek to improve the numbers. Which is a worthwhile endeavor, if better numbers are the point of...
An Open Message to Our New Superintendent 5 Aug 2013 | 05:55 am
Welcome to the overly-large school district. I know you’ve been on the job for more than a month but it’s been a busy summer and I’m just now getting around to this post. Not that you’ll ever read the...
The All-Knowing Mr. Gates 22 Jul 2013 | 04:53 pm
Recently Bill Gates spoke to members of Microsoft’s Faculty Summit “on the future of education, programming and just about everything else”. I guess if you’re that rich, you must be an expert on prett...
That Word Does Not Mean What You Think It Means 3 Jul 2013 | 11:01 pm
In a recent column, the Public Editor for the New York Times asks “Are Blogs Outdated?” There’s just one big problem with both her question and the explanation offered by the managing editor. “We ar...
Blame the Internet! 1 Jul 2013 | 11:04 pm
I don’t understand some of the writers employed by the Washington Post. Maybe they’ve been living inside the bubble of the infamous “beltway” too long. Or possibly they’re trying to write satire and t...
Planning Your Life 30 Jun 2013 | 11:04 pm
In an interview at his alma mater, Apple CEO Tim Cook was asked about an assignment from an MBA course in which he wrote a plan for his next 25 years. It turns out his predictive skills were rather po...
