Technology Dilemma

After reading The Technology Dilemma (available in the Off Week Assignments folder on Blackboard), post a 150-250 word post about your choice, answering the questions included in the assignment.

After posting your own choice, find at least two posts from other class members who chose a different option. In an incredibly kind, gentle, and collegial manner, post comments for these two classmates explaining to them why you believe their choices may be problematic. If you wish, you may respond to anyone posting a critique of your choice, but you are not required to.

NCLB Reauthorization

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965), as amended by No Child Left Behind Act (2001), will not be reauthorized until after the November election. As a leader in public education, what insight would you give the new president/legislators/policy makers in this task?

School Choice?

In the past 2 decades, public demand and interest in "school choice" in the form of charter schools, magnet schools, schools within a school, academies, and vouchers for private schools has increased. Many believe that our educational system should mirror the business model of free enterprise, therefore with "competition" public schools would not take tax support for granted and provide better services to students. Please share your professional experiences as an "insider" of a non-traditional school model and its effectiveness, or share your opinions about how you anticipate these models will affect your reform efforts as a public school principal. Would you view school choice options differently as a parent than as a school administrator?

Quotes about Vision

As educational leaders, quotes are excellent sources of motivation and inspiration to our staff, community, and students. These words help "frame" and give purpose to our efforts. Please share at least 1 quote (and source) that best captures your beliefs about the importance of vision for effective change and briefly explain why you chose the quote. Please comment on at least 1 one other colleague's shared quote.

School Improvement Planning and Data Driven Decision Making

"The real strength in using a data driven decision making process for school improvement is that numbers are objective. The data just don't lie."

Do you agree or disagree with the statement above? Why or why not?