Visit my Literacy Connections blog to see what I learned from snake-sitting during Super-Storm Sandy, including the fact that if you really want to test a friendship and see if someone loves you, bring a python to their house.

Hoping you are drying out and recovering from the storms,

Christine

November 7, 2012

What Questions Reveal About a Leader’s Mindset

In this Wharton Leadership Digest article, Marilee Adams (American University) distinguishes between “judger” and “learner” questions and says they make a significant difference to the quality of a meeting. Here are some judger questions:

• Who is to blame? Why can’t they perform?
• How can I prove I’m right?
• How…

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Over the first few months of school I've had the…

Schools may be closed, but children in storm-ravaged areas are getting the best lesson in community service that they may ever recieve.  Click on my Literacy Connections blog to learn about the ways teachers, students, and other community members are coming together in the wake of Sandy.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Zetta.net today announced that Vice President of Engineering Lou Montulli will deliver a presentation on November 8 at the EDUCAUSE 2012 conference in Denver, Colorado. Titled Next-Generation Backup: Simpler and Cheaper, with Disaster Recovery Capability, Montulli will discuss how higher education IT professionals can simplify and combine local and off-site backups, archiving and disaster recovery over the web, while driving down backup costs. The session…

Why are women so underrepresented in educational leadership?

Posted By Dan Domenech On November 2, 2012 

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Seventy-two percent of the education…

Suspend Testing after the Hurricane: An Open Letter from Denny Taylor

The Importance of Education: An Economics View

Ed Week

It's not headline news that educational attainment is highly correlated with income: College graduates typically earn more than less-educated Americans. What is…

7 Kinds of Thinking Keeping Your School or District from Transformation

Our hearts go out to all who are living though the loss and devastation associated with Hurricane Sandy.  The impact is both hard to imagine, and even harder to fully calculate.  In some cases children and their families will be forever changed as a result of the events that took place this week.  This is a stark reminder of how fragile life is, but also how we come together in times of great need.  Suddenly our priorities shift, and we realize what’s really…

Rethinking Principal Evaluation

Ed Week

In an era of high-stakes testing, more-rigorous federal and state accountability programs, and intense interest among taxpayers and government…