Today’s post is my contribution to an ongoing project organized by purpos/ed, “a non-partisan, location-independent organization aiming to kickstart a debate around the question: What’s the purpose of education?” I am honored to have been invited to contribute my response to this question by purpos/ed co-founder Doug Belshaw. WHAT IS…
Category: Reflection
Dr. Lange’s Diaspora Question
In the current edition of the National Association of School Psychologist’s [NASP] Communiqué, Dr. Stephen Lange has an editorial entitled, “Is There a School Psychology Diaspora?” (read the full text here). Though the piece asks more questions than it answers (rarely a bad thing, in my mind), it struck a…
Easy Come, Easy Go
I get a lot of mailings (of both the snail and electronic varieties) from for-profit educational companies companies that sell educational education-related materials and workshops; I imagine they get my address from one or more of the many professional organizations of which I am a member. While I normally relegate…
Unsolicited Advice: Get Out of Your Classroom
I don’t mean permanently, of course (unless you want to). I mean for a period, or an hour, or a day here and there, to see what else is happening in and around your school. I’ve been sitting on this half-written post since December of 2009, according to WordPress. No…
Quick Thoughts on Leadership
I recently had occasion to answer this question in writing: What characteristics define an excellent administrator? Bearing in mind I had to keep my answer concise, here’s what I came up with: When I reflect upon the excellent administrators with whom I’ve worked, they have all possessed a few common…