[Note: Â My last blog talked about the agrarian school calendar. Â I missed the news that the Los Angeles Unified School district is cutting days from the existing school year. Â The Los Angeles Times wrote: …
In the US, the school year is based on the premise that students study in the winter and help farm in the summer. Â Duhhh! That may have been true in the past, but today most…
Interesting side note: This week I had the honor of co-presenting a session about blogging at finalsite university in Hartford, Connecticut (finalsite hosts Delphian’s website and provides our content management system).  During the session I…
Oregon public education is changing in a major way. Â We no longer elect a Superintendent of Public Instruction. Â The Governor now wears that additional hat. Â Our last elected Superintendent is ending her term early (at…
This year’s Commencement speaker was Dr. Thomas Hellie, President of Linfield College.  It was a great speech.  He gave our graduates four main pieces of advice, with good examples and Shakespearian references: 1) Find a…
We Don’t Need School Reform, We Need School Transformation I just read a great article about a “cutting-edge education experiment at Gray-New Gloucester Middle School†in Maine, that “could become the norm in Maine…