Dec 28, 2007

Educational Reform: The Denial of Ignorance

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As the presidential campaign flares up, No Child Left Behind seems to be in big trouble; see the NY Times account . Virtually no one wants t...
Dec 21, 2007

Right-brained Teachers

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Here is an argument by Daniel H. Pink which I find convincing. You can read a short version on-line , or get his book . Basically, his point...
Dec 14, 2007

Special Interest and Teacher Education

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In the last few months, our College has been approached by several groups; among them the Teaching about the Holocaust group, teaching about...
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Dec 6, 2007

Something uplifting

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A colleague told me last week, “Why don’t you write something uplifting in your blog; this is the holiday season.” What she meant to say was...
Nov 30, 2007

Relational disorder and the question of power

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Writing these blogs made me so transparent, there is no mystery anymore. Those who read them probably know already how I think and what I w...
Nov 16, 2007

Thinking with Ursa

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A significant portion of my week was spent working on curriculum changes. It is an interesting work, actually, because a lot of it deals wit...
Nov 9, 2007

Junior high politics

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Junior high politics can be brutal. Adolescents discover the world of relationships, and engage in it with enthusiasm of zealots. One essent...
Oct 26, 2007

Just-in-time scheduling

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We live in the midst of an incredible information technology revolution. We ask questions that were never asked before, we can know things t...
Oct 19, 2007

Morsels of the Real

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This is my sixtieth blog, and I am not sure how many more things I have to say about all this life. I have something today though. We had a ...
Oct 12, 2007

How to alienate people and damage relationships: A comprehensive guide for college professors

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Introduction Relationships with colleagues and with students are the least important asset you have, so why not take some time to diminish i...
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Oct 5, 2007

The Nomadic conference

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Most of us love to travel. Tourism, of course, is not the best way to do it; far from it. First, it is very expensive. Second, you do not ge...
Sep 29, 2007

Authority and power

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A certain meeting in the State’s capital made me think about power. How come people who are incompetent also inevitable feel the need to exe...
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Sep 21, 2007

Going with the flow: On the horizontal transparency

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The Dean is asking for goals again. He needs to know what our goals are for the year. I chatted with Mark, my fellow School director yester...
Sep 14, 2007

On-line is on the line

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We had an interesting, productive discussion on the on-line offerings. I was arguing that we should move rapidly towards acquiring expertis...
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Sep 7, 2007

Playing the “you”

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I often tell future teachers that their bodies and selves are the most important instruments of our profession. Just like a violin player mu...
Sep 2, 2007

Switching gears

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It has been a difficult week. The regular beginning of the semester stuff (not enough sections, waiting lists, small classes, etc.) coincide...
Aug 25, 2007

The Organizational Drift

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Several contradictory experiences of the last week allowed me to see a pattern. I had a few frustrating moments trying to navigate through ...
Aug 17, 2007

Can you ever go home?

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My Russian in-law family, six of them, stayed with us for a while. We had a lot of fun, and some very good, very Russian conversations. A v...
Aug 3, 2007

Dances with Data

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Carolyn, our NCATE Queen, and I were dancing with and around data a lot. Our dependable work studies have been diligently punching in numbe...