By Malcolm Gladwell, published Little Brown, 2000. Gladwell looks at why major changes seem to happen so suddenly. His "tipping point" is the moment when "social epidemics... take off, when they reach their critical mass...."

Rick Maupin quoted: "The nature of modern culture is such that many new ideas are constantly being introduced from a wide variety of sources, ranging from trend-setting teens and twenty-somethings in the nation's metropolitan centers to new product offerings from established corporations. Some of these achieve a measure of steady, consistent success, some fail, and some take off on an upward trajectory of exponential popularity and influence."

By John Dewey, published in 1921.

Ed Ingman posted that Dewey's idea of "the end in mind" is relevant to Conley's work on college readiness.

Educator Madeline Hunter developed the Instructional Theory into Practice, or ITIP model for teaching. This web page, from the education department of Hope College (MI) outlines the model.

Overview of the federal government's Blue Ribbon Schools program, this site includes the application and an outline of the application process, as well as information about last year's winning schools.

Performance by Brad Paisley, posted on YouTube. Another look at ideas about the future.

Tagline: Love and Logic (c) provides simple and easy to use techniques to help parents have more fun and less stress while raising responsible kids of all ages. There is a section of the site devoted to classroom solutions for educators.

Sharon Hall recommends, saying "I have personal experience utilizing the concepts with very difficult students over the past 9 years."