In the quest to change education, here are two videos I have recently discovered. What ideas do you find interesting? Practical? Controversial? How do we go about changing our system to bring about a vision such as that communicated in these brief documentaries? [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quYDkuD4dMU] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_T9ePzANg]
Archives for October 2012
PASA/PSBA School Leadership Conference
This past week, I had the opportunity to collaborate with Russ Giordano, our school board president, and Lynn Fuini-Hetten, our supervisor of instructional practice, on a presentation to superintendents and school board members from across Pennsylvania. The presentation was titled, Visioneering with Technology in Challenging Times and communicated the story of our journey in the […]
Greatness
How do our school/district leaders frame greatness? How would leaders respond if asked to describe a time when they felt they were part of something really great — exceptional? How wide would the variation be among a team of school leaders in describing greatness? Are we lacking a sense of greatness in public education? How […]