Archive for September 2013

Or maybe none of our challenges are “typical”… The front page of the Detroit News on Tuesday featured a potpourri of “Back to School” happenings. The article covered the range of topics we know well: the excitement of kindergartners and first-year teachers, brand new buildings and school mergers, the transformation to project-based learning, campus and…

If you spot this want ad. Ignore it. Keep your shoes. Seth Godin challenges us to be like authentic well-worn shoes… shoes that can “flex” with the ups and downs of life without worrying about another “scuff” mark here or there. Check out how masterfully he writes this. With all of us in the midst…

Enjoying the day off? Thank President Grover Cleveland. He signed the bill that made Labor Day a national holiday back in 1894. From his portrait, though, you can’t tell if he was all that happy about it. But at any rate, he didn’t stand in the way as a handful dedicated labor leaders and many…