A Principal's Reflections

It breaks my heart to see what is happening in a state that I hold dear to my heart. I might now live in TX, but I was born and raised in N...

Make no mistake about it; the job of any type of educator is tough these days. It is a rewarding profession in that we have the opportunity...

" To recruit the brightest and best, teaching needs to be a high status occupation " - Lord Adonis It is interesting how our cu...

In case you haven’t noticed the education profession has been under attack as of late. The brunt of these attacks has been aimed at the ver...

Throughout my life I have either attended, or worked in, a public school, as had my parents.  In terms of my own education, I always felt th...

The other day I posted the following statement on social media, "When was the last time any of us had to take a standardized test in ou...

In education, I think the driving force that compels us to join the profession is the innate desire to instill a love for learning among stu...

The following piece is cross-posted at the Huffington Post . When I reflect on my childhood nothing but fond memories come to mind. Growin...

Over the years, and in my latest book , I have written about how social media has presented me and my school with numerous opportunities th...

For over a century, the industrial model of education did a fantastic job of preparing students for careers.  Those careers are no longer re...

There is no better way to get the pulse of a school as a leader than to be in classrooms.  I have never considered myself one to be tied to ...

Cross-posted at the Huffington Post . NJ Spotlight is a fantastic resource for me.  They are unbiased in their approach to educate citize...

As the end of the school year draws near, the education reform rhetoric is heating up.  This means states like New Jersey and New York ar...

Cross-posted at the Huffington Post . This summer I have made a commitment to reading more and have chosen books that I think will help me...