Value Added Measurements Work and Tell Us a Lot About Teachers.

    I don't know how I missed it  but an article in Jan. 6 New York Times, and the research Read More
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Bonuses Improve the Perception of Teachers.

When Michelle Rhee resigned as chancellor of the D.C. Schools after her supporter Mayor Adrian Fenty Read More
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Principal’s Flyer Volume 7 January 9-13, 2012 Number 17

“Comparisons of one’s lot with others teaches us nothing and enfeebles the will…”Thornton Wilder  Hi Read More
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Principal’s Flyer Volume 7 January 3-6, 2012 Number 16

      “Fortunately for children, the uncertainties of the present always give Read More
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Principal's Flyer Volume 7 December 19- 22, 2011 Number 15

“Any man’s life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up his mind Read More
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The Dilemma

"All educational Miracle Cures and panaceas are wrong, and many who push them are charlatans" "But, even Read More
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Principal's Flyer Volume 7 December 12- 16, 2011 Number 14

“To do things today exactly the same way as we did them yesterday saves thinking…” Woodrow Wilson  Hi Read More
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Reflection #1 Cyber-Bullying

I've been retired from the principalship for over five years . I've continued to maintain my reading Read More
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The Bar is being Raised.

Branstad (Governor of Iowa), a Republican, has proposed requiring a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for Read More
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Principal's Flyer Volume 7 December 5- 9, 2011 Number 13

“Parents can only give advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character Read More
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