Category: Wisdom
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We could hide away in daylight We go undercover, wait out the sun Got a secret side in plain sight Where the streets are empty, that’s where we run Everyday people do everyday things but I Can’t be one of them I know you hear me now, we are a different kind We can do…
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Recently I was accused of whitewashing because I gave a lecture at the University of Minnesota. The top down, private-control and privatization reformers are getting more creative (or less creative). Here is a blog written by Kenneth Eban at the Citizen Ed (top down, private-control and privatization) website. Today I was inspired to create a new verb:…
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Aristotle once said “For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.” Today, I’d like to share 60 minutes on the Bat of Minerva While I was in Minneapolis to give a keynote at the…
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Originally posted on Cloaking Inequity: So what happens when a President chooses a basketball buddy as Secretary of Education? Really, Obama… what did you expect when you chose a non-educator, non-expert to lead American education? A leader who left Chicago in shambles, whose school “turnarounds” didn’t work. Disappointed by his latest inanity at the Mom…
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I hope you enjoy this photographic journey through one of America’s fine public schools. This week I visited Trimble Tech High School in Fort Worth, Texas. Being out the field with our nation’s children and spending time with their educators is always informative and inspirational. For context, from Wikipedia: Green B. Trimble Technical High School…
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