central-office

How To Build A Meeting

by Mark May 18, 2010 cooperative_learning

150 or so technology teachers gather once a month for a meeting … an old fashioned, analog, meeting. Announcers announce announcements (which were sent out in email beforehand). Managers manage. Specialists present their specialities. Pointers point at points with pointers. Counterpoints are made. Facsimiles of discussions are had. Askers ask questions. But in the active [...]

Education Loses a Lioness

by Mark January 28, 2010 school_politics

Karen was different. If something was wacky, she would raise her hand and point it out. A radical idea, I know. But a function greatly needed in Education. In private industry, malarkey doesn’t last long. It get killed by people who are better than it. In Education, that’s not the case. The bull wins too much of the time.

Central Office Fail! – Thinking They Are Experts

by Mark January 11, 2010 school_politics

In a small school district in New England, a central office shows the very worst in how to manage things. A parable.