Archive for October 2013

Other factors beside high stakes testing affect creativity. Not that I’m an expert (or even a guru) about this topic. The first time I wrote about creativity at all was in yesterday’s Encourager. So when I received comments back like “Did you know that color also affects creativity?” and “How come you didn’t connect creativity…

Declining test scores in creativity are influenced by … … the over-emphasis on all of the other tests our kids are taking. Go figure. Back in my MSU days, I took a course called “Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric.” I learned to deduce patterns. If A is …. And if B is …. Then C must…

My journey toward average continues. Not only did I make a wrong guess for the one word used most frequently by our most successful people (“No”), even my tiny list of the one-word possible answers came up short. As if the Tigers, Lions, and Red Wings haven’t caused me enough misery lately. Actually though, I…

Like I would even have a clue about this! Oh well, my guess is as good as anyone else’s, right? But I sure haven’t had much practice at this. My typical one word answers are: Yes. OK. Oops. Dang! Sorry. Huh? Finally! So, my answer for the one word that successful people frequently use is MAYBE.…

Yep, this headline is about as provocative as you can get. Too bad none of us could use it in our day jobs. It might draw greater attention to the articles we churn out about common core, our heightened standards, and the tangible transformation of our schools. It’s unfortunate that the “headline winners” in today’s…