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About leadershiphelp.org

This blog has been around for six years. I began writing it when I retired after serving as a middle school principal in Massachusetts for 33 years. I began my career at an innovative school-The Pennsylvania Advancement School- in Philadelphia in 1967 and have been involved in school reform ever since. This is an extension of that involvement. Murph Shapiro

Principal’s Flyer Volume 7 Week of March 26-30, 2012 Number 27

“One never hugs one’s own good luck so affectionately as when listening to the relation of some Read More

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As I Was Saying.

Bill Frist, former Senate majority leader and senator from Tennesssee,  and I have little in common Read More

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Principal’s Flyer Volume 7 Week of March 19-23, 2012 Number 26

“I happened on the idea of fitting an engine to a bicycle simply because I did not want to ride on Read More

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Yes but Value Added is worth attention

      I want to return to two comments in my blog last week regarding follow Read More

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Keep the Big and Bold; then make it better.

For me the biggest issue in education reform continues to be the improvement in teacher education programs. Read More

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Principal’s Flyer Volume 7 Week of March 12-15, 2012 Number 25

“A child on a farm sees a plane fly overhead and dreams of faraway places. A traveler on the plane Read More

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Cela Va Sans Dire

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Principal’s Flyer Volume 7 Week of March 5-9, 2012 Number 24

 “It takes time to succeed, because success is the merely the natural reward of taking the time to do Read More

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The Future is Now, Again.

Another article, Pre-service Teachers’ Knowledge for Teaching Algebra for Equity in the Middle Grades: Read More

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Principal’s Flyer Volume 7 February 27 – March 2, 2012 Number 23

 “Wanting to improve a person’s situation means offering him, for difficulties in which he is practiced Read More

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