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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Vince Breunig

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Getting Better at Getting Better - 1 views

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    James Surowiecki on the mainstreaming of performance excellence. From athletics to manufacturing, we've become freakishly good. How come some areas still lag behind?
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Jim Hunter on Servant Leadership, by Tami Simon - 0 views

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    A great article on Servant Leadership
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This Coach Improved Every Tiny Thing By 1% And Here's What Happened, by James Clear - 1 views

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    "aggregation of marginal gains." "the 1 percent margin for improvement in everything you do."
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Top talent walking out the door? Here's how to get them to stay SmartBlogs - 1 views

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    Stay interviews rather than exit interviews
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Is significant school reform needed or not?: an open letter to Diane Ravitch (and like-... - 1 views

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    Open Letter to Diane Ravitch from Grant Wiggins
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A Principal's Reflections: BYOD Begins With Trust and Respect - 1 views

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    Start you 1:1 or BYOD with trust and respect
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What Parents Should Say as Their Kids Perform - Tim Elmore - 1 views

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    "I love to watch you play" is all parents should be saying to their athletes
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Wisconsin Typical in Government Spending - 1 views

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    Wisconsin is in the middle of the road compared to all states in government spending, prior to the 2011-13 state budget which has historic cuts.
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20 % time - 0 views

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    Give students 20% of the day to work on what they are passionate about
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Whac-A-Mole Leadership - 2 views

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    Whac-A-Mole is similar to the daily routine of a principal. From the time you arrive at school in the morning until late in the evening, moles pop up. Your job is to address each mole and to prioritize which one is most important. In this article, I am going to describe the 'Six Moles' a principal must address in order to be a good leader.
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Why Schools Must Move Beyond One-to-One Computing - 2 views

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    "Horrible, horrible, horrible implementation from every program I visited," he said. "All of them were about the stuff, with a total lack of vision." His research convinced him not to move forward with one-to-one computing. Perhaps the weakest area of the typical one-to-one computing plan is the complete absence of leadership development for the administrative team-that is, learning how to manage the transition from a learning ecology where paper is the dominant technology for storing and retrieving information, to a world that is all digital, all the time.
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Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Numbers Can Lie: What ... - 2 views

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    The fact the U.S. as a nation is still standing despite of its abysmal standing on international academic tests for over half a century begs two questions: Is education as important to a nation's national security and economy as important as believed? If it is, are the numbers telling the truth about the quality of education in the U.S. and other nations?
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Effects of Inequality and Poverty vs. Teachers and Schooling on America's Youth - 0 views

  • What does it take to get politicians and the general public to abandon misleading ideas, such as, “Anyone who tries can pull themselves up by the bootstraps,” or that “Teachers are the most important factor in determining the achievement of our youth”? Many ordinary citizens and politicians believe these statements to be true, even though life and research informs us that such statements are usually not true.
  • till further discouraging news for those who advocate testing as a way to reform schools comes from the PISA assessments (The Program for International Student Assessment). Nations with high-stakes testing have generally gone down in scores from 2000 to 2003, and then again by 2006. Finland, on the other hand, which has no high-stakes testing, and an accountability system that relies on teacher judgment and school level professionalism much more than tests, has shown growth over these three PISA administrations (Sahlberg, 2011).
  • Now, in the USA, our parents are a greater determiner of our income in life than either our weight or our height.
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  • what the best and wisest parents want for their children should be what we want for all children. Thus, that same kind of opportunity to catch up in school should not be denied to youth who come from poorer families
  • citizens calling for school reform without thinking about economic and social reforms are probably being foolish. The likelihood of affecting school achievement positively is more likely to be found in economic and social reforms, in the second bill of rights, than it is in NCLB, the common core of standards, early childhood and many assessments after that, value-added assessments, and the like. More than educational policies are needed to improve education.
  • I think everyone in the USA, of any political party, understands that poverty hurts families and affects student performance at the schools their children attend. But the bigger problem for our political leaders and citizens to recognize is that inequality hurts everyone in society, the wealthy and the poor alike. History teaches us that when income inequalities are large, they are tolerated by the poor for only so long. Then there is an eruption, and it is often bloody! Both logic and research suggest that economic policies that reduce income inequality throughout the United States are quite likely to improve education a lot, but even more than that, such policies might once again establish this nation as a beacon on a hill, and not merely a light that shines for some, but not for all of our citizens.
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    What does it take to get politicians and the general public to abandon misleading ideas, such as, "Anyone who tries can pull themselves up by the bootstraps," or that "Teachers are the most important factor in determining the achievement of our youth"? Many ordinary citizens and politicians believe these statements to be true, even though life and research informs us that such statements are usually not true. citizens calling for school reform without thinking about economic and social reforms are probably being foolish. The likelihood of affecting school achievement positively is more likely to be found in economic and social reforms, in the second bill of rights, than it is in NCLB, the common core of standards, early childhood and many assessments after that, value-added assessments, and the like. More than educational policies are needed to improve education.
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Twitter guide for Twits and Tweachers that want to tweet ! - Google Drive - 2 views

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    Tips for Twitter
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The Elements of a Professional Learning Community - 3 views

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    A PLC focuses on learning instead of on teaching, drastically changing the role of the  principal. Principals continue to observe instruction, discussing issues such as pacing,  instructional data, support needed, and student efficacy. But the focus is on the instructional  results instead of on the instruction itself
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Leadership and the PLC | AllThingsPLC - 2 views

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    Listen: When teachers say they are overwhelmed with district and school mandates, take the time to evaluate these concerns. Teaching under the very best of conditions is complicated. It requires time for planning, professional development, and collaboration. The emotional wear and tear of the job can be exhausting
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Op ed: Education challenge for next 50 years is the achievement gap | Opinion | The Sea... - 1 views

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    For schools to prepare all children for success in life and the workforce, severe disparities in family income, coupled with inadequate education funding and low expectations can no longer be widely accepted causes of inequity in student opportunity. Lastly, we must all give a damn. The "pull yourself up by your own bootstraps" mentality only works if everyone can afford boots. Everyone can contribute a little of their time and resources toward ending inequity in opportunity and expectations.
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How Is Time Spent During Your Team Meetings? - 1 views

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    Never once in those years did we ever talk about student learning. I guess it was our assumption that because we were being intentional about planning that more learning took place.
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9 Suggestions for the Welcome Back to School letter from the Principal - 1 views

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    A great piece of advice about the annual back to school letter.
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Web Tools for Teachers by Type - 1 views

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    A great resource on Web tools
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