Rough Edges

1/13/2010 3:50:53 PM

I'm not very good at the blogging thing I've noticed. Friends who do it regularly do it regularly, and I'm in awe of their ability to do so. It is not that I don't have a lot I want to say, but I am unaccustomed to writing from the hip, so to speak, and that seems to be at a premium for blogging. I'll keep plugging away, and I am hopeful that more practice will help. As my sons like to say, "Dad, you are still just a digital immigrant!"

Today's blog theme struck me the other day as I watched our community in action. I was in meetings, walked around to some classrooms, to practices, in Chapel, and much I witnessed was rough around the edges. Buildings, systems, shirt-tales and haircuts, lockers, discussions... it seemed everywhere I looked that day I saw rough edges - and I thought it was good... (click on title to continue reading)

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On Parenting and Ice Cream

9/11/2009 9:33:52 AM

My original intent was to discuss at some length the various responses I received to the decision not to interrupt classes for all students to hear President Obama's speech to students. The way the speech became framed is emblematic of what passes for political discourse these days, and it is a real challenge not just for schools but for all of our institutions of democracy. The level at which I want to talk about the reactions to the speech, or more accurately even the idea of the speech, escapes me at the moment. I am working on it.

I am going to address another topic that represents an area where my thinking about teaching and learning and the role of schools has undergone a significant revision over the last several years. The subject is parenting...

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On Joining the ESA Community

8/19/2009 12:26:59 PM

Hi Everyone!

Today marks the first posting of what I hope will become at least a bi-weekly (every two-weeks) blog on ideas/events/issues for the ESA community. I am approaching this with a little bit of trepidation because I do not want to go down the path of many bloggers who write voluminously on very little, I am worried about making sure I post on a timely basis (between journalism and grad school I became pretty good at writing to a deadline, but it has been a while), and I just wonder how well this will work. As a teacher, I have found blogging and the use of wikis to be a powerful tool for increasing communication and writing (including peer editing). As a Head of School, we'll see how this works!

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