Principles of Principals

Last night I was fortunate enough to participate in a podcast hosted by TeacherCast .  The air tingled with rich dialogue about technology, wikis, apps, 1:1 computing and social media in the classroom.  I was in the free space with educational leaders like Shira Leibowitz , Ron McAllister and Brett Clark . I'm not kidding you...when we got off the air, it was electric.  Twitter was blowing up and it didn't stop until...wait it hasn't stopped!  We are still making connections. One of those connections made is with Eric Clark .  First thing this morning he's hitting me up for connections with great educators. That got me thinking...I mean I could go traditional and list all my educator network, which I did, and then I immediately thought about ALL my Twitter friends who've taught me...by actions, what they say, how they say it and by caring for me...my mind was racing. I thought of Miki Markovich , who will write the great American novel, takes care of her

A Vision of Students Today

I submit the following in hopes that my colleagues will respond in kind and seek to save our schools in similar fashion. How to Save the Traditional University, From the Inside Out By Clayton Christensen and Henry Eyring A survey of media reports on higher education might easily lead those of us working in the field to wonder: When did students and their parents start seeing college as a gantlet rather than as an exciting pathway to opportunity? When did policy makers stop seeing higher education as a valuable public investment? When did tenure become a guarantee only of a declining real wage? When did I start playing for a losing team? We believe that the answer to these questions is "never," or at least "not yet." Traditional colleges and universities continue to play an invaluable role in our society, all the more so as the world changes. Three of their functions are, for now, irreplaceable. One is the discovery of knowledge. Though the proportion of ba