by admin | Mar 3, 2011 | School Visits, Teaching and Learning
I recently traveled to Science Leadership Academy (SLA) in Philadelphia for the EduCon 2.3 conference with Monika Aldarondo, BAA Senior Project Coordinator and Visual Arts Teacher, and two seniors, Duke and Xavier. Both students have been funded for their senior...
by admin | Feb 15, 2011 | Arts Education
Who cares about a blizzard? It certainly didn’t stop Ms. Brown and Ms. Sullivan’s 20 students and their culminating publishing party. They were ready! Imagine students seated around tables pushed together in a large rectangle. Above the white board is a large word...
by admin | Feb 8, 2011 | Leadership Development, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
A few weeks ago, The Boston Foundation (TBF) released a report entitled, “The Real Cost of the Contract.” The report gained a lot of press; the Boston Globe published a front-page article highlighting the report’s findings, and Richard Stutman, the BTU President,...
by admin | Feb 4, 2011 | Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
At the end of March, I will travel to San Francisco California to participate in the annual conference of ASCD, an educational leadership organization. This year’s theme is Bold Actions for Complex Challenges. While there I will join two other principals, Baruti...
by admin | Oct 29, 2010 | Books, Professional Development, School Visits
What a whirlwind two-day trip to Milwaukee! I hadn’t been there since 1977, when I studied at UW Madison and forgot how friendly people are in the Midwest. I visited Milwaukee at the invitation of Christina Ratatori, who is a dance teacher in the public schools...