I have been thinking about creativity. Â A few years ago I moderated a panel of experts on the topic of creativity at a Digital Education Leadership Conference. Â It really changed my views on creativity and…
The subject of diet always stirs up arguments. Â But despite the fact there are streams of infomercials and new best-selling diet-fad books, science is advancing in this area. Â I wanted to share two items, because…
I hear and read many high school commencement speeches.  I think the speaker’s goal is to share some eternal truth, wisdom, and insight with students who are now formally starting their lives as adults.  …
Students want online learning because it makes learning more personal, gives them control over their learning, and allows them to go at their own pace! The Center for Digital Education posted a short article “Why…
I don’t just think about education because among other things, I am an economics and business teacher.  I teach. I was reading the Preface of Common Sense Economics (Revised and Updated) by Gwartney, Stroup, et…
Tomorrow we celebrate the Fourth of July.  On July 4, 1776, Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, which begins with this important words: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are…
In 1983, American President Ronald Reagan’s National Commission on Excellence in Education issued its report A Nation at Risk.  Secretary of Education T. H. Bell created the National Commission “directing it to examine the quality…
A 10-day Business Seminar Field Trip and an Ed Week article got me worked up on the subject of ethics – again! Â I started this blog, set is aside for a while to see if…
I just read a great commentary in Education Week by Ryan McLane (the principal at Utica Junior High School in Utica, Ohio) that I want everyone to read. Â I couldn’t have said it better myself,…
Just read a great article Four years later, a district’s standards-based reform evolves and pays off which tells a great story that I want to share.  The story by EdNEws Colorado begins: “In 2009, a…