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Thank You, Lillian
April 20th, 2012
This morning in Delaware we got news that I was hoping not to get for at least a couple more years. Our own Lillian Lowery, Delaware’s Secretary of Education, has taken a job as the new Secretary of Education in Maryland. On a personal and professional level, I will miss her deeply. She is one of those amazing people that can walk into...VIEW ARTICLE
Repost: “Only a Sith Deals in Absolutes”
April 20th, 2012
My friend, Robin Lake, at the Center on Reinventing Public Education in Seattle wrote a thoughtful post on the dynamics of education reform in the US right now for Rick Hess' Straight Up blog. It resonated with me and hope it provokes some reflection about how each of us positions our work on behalf of kids. "Only a Sith Deals in...VIEW ARTICLE
Moving Past the Bubble Sheet
April 19th, 2012
As educators, we've all been there - anxious to go home after a long days work only to look over at the students' recently submitted essays ready to be looked over with our critical eye. Suddenly, you find yourself scrambling to calculate how many minutes it will take you to go through each essay - only to realize that you'll have to TiVo your...VIEW ARTICLE