Wow, anoother great day at the Center. I never cease to be impressed by the teachers who come through our doors. I had an opportunity today to wander around and listen to what people were talking about and planning.
Thank you to all who presented today. We appreciate it. Also, thank [...]

We were lucky enough to have with us Gina Pilko and Peggy Morris from Fitch intermediate School in Olmsted Falls. Below are some of the questions as we (Center staff) heard them. Please feel free to commen on (or reply to) any of them.
Our school has a relatively strict set of expectations as to how [...]

In her book Confidence: How Winning and Losing Streaks Begin and End, Rosabeth Moss Kanter (004) points out that a great deal has to do with confidence. Simply put, those who are confident they will achieve the desired outcome tend to invest appropriate resources, stick with a strategy when they hit a trouble spot, and [...]

When I travel around Ohio to meet with teachers, I am often asked to provide assistance in solving problems that are usually posed in the form of yes or no questions. Some examples are:
“Should we teach students to read using phonics or whole language?”
Should I develop engaging, exciting, and interesting lessons, or should I cover [...]

Over the holiday break, I had a chance to read Michael Fullan’s Turnaround Leadership. He reports on a study that found that of those people who underwent significant cardiac procedures (bypass, angioplasty, and catheterization) only one out of ten had stuck to the changes in diet and exercise recommended by their doctors. Think about that. [...]

Oops. Three really cool posts just totally evaporated. Lost in cyberspace. I guess that I will have to start over having learned the lesson about saving the posts as a document first.