Why did Prometheus come down to give us knowledge? Zeus didn't want him to do this. Prometheus was sent into outer darkness for his sin.

 For thousands of years,  people understood that they should be thankful to Prometheus. He brought the fire, he brought the light, he brought the knowledge that humanity needed to rise above the level of dirt.

 I doubt kids today ever hear about Prometheus. But they should. 

Just as political leaders should now…

Passing the Cisco 350-080—great advantages for the IT professionals

Understanding the nature of 350-080 CCIE Data Center Written Exam

The Cisco CCIE Data Center Written Exam is a well-known Cisco certification exam, which is associated with  numerous promising job roles. The Cisco 350-080 questions has designed the core areas of Cisco CCIE Data Center Written Exam in a technical way and in the wake of advanced Cisco sector marketplace, the…

On a professional level though, how can we hold our educational community accountable? Have we slipped there? Is it our role to model integrity and to hold others to the same bar? Test scores are such a small part of the equation...yet we've allowed ourselves to be reduced to them. Accountability as a check on conscience is not a bad thing. As educators, we have each made a commitment to the children we serve. We will deliver the best education we can, by being the best teachers and leaders…

Demographic truths about Latino attainment

U.S. population growth is now driven by Hispanics: No other group is replenishing itself through births or immigration to reverse overall population decline, writes Tim Henderson for Stateline. In 25 states, however, whites are twice as likely as Hispanics to have college degrees, a serious problem in an economy that generates more jobs for the educated. Rising Latino dropout rates and falling family incomes will put…

Dean Smith: Coaching Us To Do The Right Thing

A recent TIME Magazine article entitled  "Leaving Tests Behind" reported on the call to re-examine the use of standardized tests to account for the meeting of a national standard. The trend to use standardized tests to account for common benchmarks of student achievement and, of course, a way to hold all schools accountable has given rise to questions about the impact on children.  Legislating these standardized tests came…

Most of what is written about reading is focused on children, their parents and their teachers. We contend that principals can have an impact by playing a role in the development of a culture of readers by leading reading forward. As "head reader" the principal must first ask him or herself:

• Am I a "reader"? 
• Am I always reading a book?
• Do I pack and read a book when I travel?
• Do I know if my teachers are "readers"?
• If the teachers aren't …

Last fall I provided the opportunity for our middle school and high school counselors to participate in a workshop related to careers in engineering.  We all have heard of careers in engineering, but we really did not know specifics.  So when Dr. Ann Marie Flynn, the Chair of the Chemical Engineering Department at Manhattan College School of Engineering, contacted me to present a workshop for school counselors...I immediately…

 Do you agree? Good, then please pass this little summary to everyone you know.

 Or were you thinking, that’s crazy talk. Afraid not. It’s quite accurate, comparable to saying, “The sky is blue.”

 Reading instruction in our country has been insane and/or a criminal conspiracy for 80 years.  

The resulting illiteracy is a giant hemorrhaging wound. We cannot have a successful school system or…