The Collaboration Pyramid by oscarberg, on Flickr The Collaboration Pyramid offers a great visual to dive deeper into the nature of authentic collaboration and optimized production. In traditional team-based collaborative…
Author: Sean Grainger
After reading Chris Wejr’s latest, The Problem With Black & White Statements in Education, I was reminded of the following posted originally at KARE Givers. We really do have to…
online homework help flickr image via Scarto In teaching and learning, whether we're jumping off a cliff, or jumping off a curb, the important thing is that we're jumping off…
flickr image via ephotography “Always smile back at little children. To ignore them is to destroy their belief that the world is good.” ~ Pam Brown This fall I began…
A new book is on the horizon. Innovative Voices in Education- Engaging Diverse Communities, is described by leading urban sociologist and Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education at New York University, Pedro Norguera…
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“Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got. Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot. Wouldn’t you like to get away? Sometimes…
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Education reform is a hot topic. The media is all over it. So many stories, editorials, features, columns and documentaries revolve around the “drop-out factories,” as some urban schools are…
flickr photo via Barbara L. Hanson Children arrive at school expecting to learn. Teachers arrive at school expecting to teach. Parents, for the most part, trust that this exchange works…
Simple clear language; let’s lose the jargon.
Like many educators across the globe since the dawn of 2011, I’ve been reflecting on stuff. As one who views change as the process of perpetual improvement, I’m not sure…
Effective leadership is about people- always. Without the faith of your followers, a leader you are not… I can’t think of a simpler concept in leadership, or one that would be considered more practical and authentic. In the measured contexts of our everyday lives as leaders, all teachers, whether they like it or not, are called upon to serve; primarily our students, but also each other, our student’s parents and the learning community we are an integral part of. In humbly putting the needs of others ahead of our own as leaders, we honor them…
I’m pleased and honored to be writing my first post as a contributor to Connected Principals. I’ve been blogging about educational issues at KARE Givers since last December, but as…