Tag: education
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School Vouchers: Another Form of “Success to the Successful”
I don’t know how any parent could stand to send his or her child off to a crumbling, dirty school with underpaid teachers and…
The Tragedy of Our Times
Gordon Brown, former dean of the MIT School of Engineering, used to say, “To be a great teacher is to be a prophet —…
Trust As A Systemic Structure in Our Organizations
Trust is a subject close to many people’s hearts. Whenever I make presentations on this subject, I never cease to be amazed by the…
The New Facts of Life: Connecting the Dots on Food, Health, and the Environment
A discussion of the interrelations between food, health, and the environment is extremely topical today. Rising food prices together with the price of oil…
Meetings That Matter: Conversational Leadership in Today’s Schools
If the element in greatest evidence in a school system is “young people,” and the second most prevalent feature is “desks,” surely a close…
Hearts in the Stream: Learning to Learn from Nature
You are fly fishing, standing knee-deep in the Housotonic River, which tumbles down the western edge of Connecticut. As you cast for the fifth…
Making Better School Policy Decisions Using Computer Modeling
School superintendents, administrators, board members, and others involved in public education face a Herculean task — gaining enough understanding of an infinitely complex system…
From Students to Citizens and Workers: An Interview with Deborah Meier
You and some colleagues are on a retreat, discussing long-term strategies for your organization. As the hour grows late, someone brings up the issue…
Creating Tomorrow’s Innovators Today
In 2010, IBM’s Institute for Business Value surveyed 1,500 chief executives from 60 counties and 33 industries to determine the foremost issue confronting them…
Steering Schools to Success
The Superintendent’s Fieldbook: A Guide for Leaders of Learning by Nelda Cambron-McCabe, Luvern L. Cunningham, James Harvey, and Robert H. Koff (Corwin Press, 2004)…