Get Our Afghan Supporters to Safety Update, August 15, 2021: Today Kabul fell to the Taliban, and now the entire country of Afghanistan is under the Taliban control. This doesn’t change my plea below on behalf of the Afghans who have risked their lives for years in support of the US mission in that country. …
Who with half a heart can possibly hold what we are experiencing in this country? At this writing eight people died from gun shots yesterday in Odessa, Texas. Twenty-two people were injured from gun shots in this tragedy. That included a 17-month-old child. Yet we have become so inured to these incidents that we don’t …
Mass Death, Stalemate, and Guns Already Owned: A Modest Proposal Read More »
…when at the same time we are trying to make concerted efforts at “personalized learning?” cf. https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2017/08/25/colorado-tells-feds-it-needs-more-time-to-rethink-opt-out-policy. I get that taxpayers want to know that the public schools they help to fund are being successful. I also understand that there are some desirable common proficiencies that should be associated with that success. As a parent, …
High Stakes Test Scores: What Are We Really Doing with the Standard Assessment Process… Read More »
Collision happens, of course, with the good energy of ramped up design thinking. Organizational structure still widely favors the Industrial Revolution approach, and educational institutions are rarely an exception; that is, the traditional concept of leadership is characterized by the (white) man at the top of the hierarchy with voiceless compliant people at the bottom. …
Should We Bend Educational Time Fields with Dangerous Thinking? Read More »
We are an intensely divided nation. This was increasingly apparent in the news and social media as the recent presidential campaign moved to its conclusion. After the surprise results of the election I am not alone in reflecting on what really divides us and why we were oblivious to the extent of the divide before …
Why Empathy is an Essential Ingredient of Global Competence Read More »
An open letter to our incredible students at the Schools of Denver Center for International Studies November 9, 2016 What are we to think this morning? How are we to act? How will we navigate the coming days and years through the chaos we fear from the paradigm shift yesterday brought us? I’m asking myself …
I’ve been developing and promoting pre-collegiate international studies programs and schools for decades. “International studies” – a rather stuffy name for something to be passionate about. So how can I be so passionate about something that sounds so heady? A seed for my love of the world and its incredible, wonderfully diverse people was probably …
Why I’m Passionate About Promoting Globally Competent Leadership Read More »
