The title of the video below is “Rock Bottom.” It is apt title and well worth your viewing time, Educator customer service needs to be at the top of the list of things we need be addressing this BOE election cycle. Our best principals understand and work at this every, […]
Category: Organizational Structure
What can we learn about learning from Steve Jobs?
If today was the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?…Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool that I have ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything…all external expectations, […]
What Makes a Great School?
I have been a student, a teacher, and the parent of a student. My family has earned degrees which range from business to education to medicine to engineering. We value great education. Here are some things we look for when selecting great schools: As a youngster, I had the privilege […]
A Devotion: I Corinthians 13
This verse has been on my mind recently. I was once asked to write my Philosophy of Education. It was embarrassingly slick w/ lots of buzz words from that era. But if I had to rewrite it, I would simply reference I Corinthians 13 – all of it. No matter […]
Kingsport Needs a XC Course
We need a cross country course in Kingsport. All of our other sports have stand alone places to train and play. XC needs its own. Our middle schools and high school runners have a tough time finding enough grass to run on. They are left having to run city and […]
The Feuerstein Method and the Power of Teaching Thinking
If there is a common theme in this blog, it is innovation. Part of the goal of this blog is to go past what we are currently doing in education, and explore what comes next. How are we going to teach? How are we going to enable students to learn […]
Contract Extensions for Superintendents Are the Norm
If a superintendent is doing a good job, I have no problem with a contract extension for the superintendent – even if budgets are tight. There are two reasons for this. First, contract extensions of the two year variety are the norm in the industry. It can embarrass a sitting […]
Protecting Bad Administrators: A Chronic Problem Which Deserves a Solution
I am going to circle back to a common theme in this blog. Why are many public school systems protecting bad administrators when they 100% KNOW that the administrator has behaved in an unprofessional, ineffective, and/or inappropriate manner? I mean the stories I hear are shocking. They are bad enough […]
Kingsport City Schools Bans Parents From School Cafeterias
It just keeps getting weirder by the minute, folks. Recently, there have been a litany of questionable decisions by the leaders of Kingsport’s school system. KCS painted over the Indian in J Fred. “Indians” has been removed from the new basketball court. We have been rebranded “The Tribe” without so […]
Retaining Our Best Educators and The Cost of Inaction
We have this one life. It is an overused but incredibly powerful statement. I was telling one of my kids not to worry about what other people think of them. I said, “Just follow Jesus and live your life boldly. You can’t worry about what others think about you. Some […]