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U.S. News has come out with its list of the best high schools in the United States. Andy Rotherham of Education Sector explains the thinking behind the list. Jay Mathews […]
I was interviewed for NASSP's new article on observing religious holidays in schools: Ho ho no: The December dilemma I blogged about this last year in regard to the holiday […]
There are a number of great sites that host how-to videos: SuTree, 5min, VideoJug, Expert Village, Vidipedia, and many more. Typically just a few minutes long, these types of videos […]
A while back, a video of Lauren Caitlin Upton's (Miss South Carolina Teen USA) poor response to a geography question went viral (19 million views as of today; the 30th […]
Whenever I need an address or phone number, I turn to the Web. I realized the other day that I probably haven't used a telephone directory printed on paper in […]
In what may be the best word play yet on the name of my blog, Tom Hoffman had issues with my previous post on GDP overachievers. Check out the conversation: […]
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk]n Last month I blogged about the importance of first impressions.nIn other words, what do visitors see and hear when they first walk intonyour school organization? Is that […]
I got this e-mail last week in response to my recent AASA article: I'm the Board of Education president at [district] in [state]. Our board conducted our superintendent's evaluation last […]
I blogged before about my regular column on technology and higher education for Technology & Learning magazine. My latest article is now available: The importance of being 'clickable' Here's an […]
The American Association of School Administrators (AASA), the national organization for school superintendents, asked me to write a column for its monthly magazine, The School Administrator. That article is now […]
This arrived in my e-mail inbox yesterday: n n CDC REVIEW OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND YOUTH VIOLENCE Research Shows Increase in Electronic Aggression n In September 2006, experts from academic […]
From Simon Evans: n n Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in a different time. Hebrew proverb n From Greg Farr: n […]
Yesterday Karl Fisch and I were e-mailed a link to a video from Shocking Economics. Although I'm neither a demographer nor an economist, the video got me thinking... (bear with […]
A middle school librarian in New Jersey has gotten some media attention for her anti-Wikipedia campaign: Linda O'Connor regards Wikipedia the same way former first lady Nancy Reagan campaigned against […]
Dave Sherman , principal of South Park (IL) Elementary, sparked a lot of conversation at LeaderTalk with his post about school change and school safety . He has extended that […]
I'm live blogging from the annual UCEA Convention in Alexandria, VA... UCEA is the University Council for Educational Administration, a consortium of the educational leadership preparation programs from many of […]
Richard Florida has a great post on his blog about how government agencies are the last bastion of ‘organizational age’ thinking and activity. This is definitely true for the state […]
Friday was the first day of sessions at the UCEA convention. CASTLE sponsored a panel discussion on national K-12 educational technology policy, moderated by Drs. Sara Dexter (U. Virginia) and Matt […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] nn We can imagine a continuum of frequency of technology usage that looks something like this (click on image for larger version): n n People […]
It's time to vote for the 2007 Edublog Awards. There are LOTS of great candidates. Go vote for your favorites and discover new ones! The Did You Know? video that […]