Perfecting the Practice

By Robert F. Cunard
Posted on 1/7/2019 - 3 minute read

The best research study I’ve read about principals’ actual use of time during the day was produced by Horng, Klasik, and Loeb in 2010. Their team of researchers from Stanford University shadowed 65 principals in Miami, coding what they were doing every five minutes for an entire day, constructing an accurate picture of how principals actually spent their time.

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By Dr. Rebecca Stanton
Posted on 9/17/2018 - 4 minute read

Being a parent is not always easy. When your child has special needs, the job becomes even more difficult. Add to that a Twice-Exceptional (2E) child, someone who not only has special needs such as Autism but also is academically or otherwise gifted, and you can imagine where the stress level reaches.

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By Thomas Cooper
Posted on 9/14/2018 - 4 minute read

A 2017 report from the National Council for Education Statistics (NCES) found one in nine school has a new school administrator each year. With the rash of so many newly certificated school administrator being placed in a position of responsibility it is apparent that there need to be pillars of support to guide these fledgling administrators during their formative years of growth and development.

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By Dr. Eugene Kim
Posted on 9/13/2018 - 4 minute read

Online learning, as it continues to experience growth at all levels of education, is progressive for some, an enemy of proper instruction for others, but an undeniable paradigm shift (à la Kuhn) that is creating rifts, mountains and valleys regardless of our will to consent to or reject it.

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By Kent Schlichtemeier, Ed.D.
Posted on 8/17/2018 - 3 minute read

One of the formidable challenges inherent in teachers’ job descriptions today is to motivate students to maximize their talents. Apathy abounds in society and is no stranger in classrooms where students, beginning in adolescence, seemingly lose sight of the value of striving to excel in daily assignments.

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