Teach & Serve II, No. 15 – Principle or Principal November 16, 2016 Excellent principals know when not to be principal When I was a kid (and I am sure I am not alone here), the spelling of “principal” was taught to me this way: “The principal is your ‘pal.’ That’s why when you spell the…
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EduQuote of the Week: November 14 – November 20, 2016
Education is what allows you to stand out. Ellen Ochoa
EduQuote of the Week: November 7 – November 13, 2016
Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government. Thomas Jefferson
EduQuote of the Week: October 31 – November 6, 2016
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Albert Einstein
Teach & Serve II, No. 12 – Don’t Shut the Door on the Library
Teach & Serve II, No. 12 – Don’t Shut the Door on the Library October 26, 2016 My concern is … simple: will people develop a love of reading without the physicality of the activity and without its accompanying shrines? I am so proud of my sister. She has been a children’s librarian for almost…
EduQuote of the Week: October 24 – October 30, 2016
You are always a student, never the master. You have to keep moving forward. Conrad Hall
Teach & Serve II, No. 11 – Failure Is an Option
Teach & Serve II, No. 11 – Failure Is an Option October 19, 2016 Failure, under the right circumstances, is good for us and good for our students. Apollo 13 is a wonderful movie. It has everything I love in film. It’s beautifully directed by Ron Howard, has a great cast featuring Tom Hanks, Gary Sinese, the Oscar…
EduQuote of the Week: October 17 – October 23, 2016
We cannot teach people anything. We can only help them discover it within themselves. Galileo
Teach & Serve II, No. 10 – Leaders Should Hold Themselves to the Highest Standards
Teach & Serve II, No. 10 – Leaders Should Hold Themselves to the Highest Standards October 12, 2016 … we don’t meet these standards because we are being watched. We meet them because we know that meeting them makes us better leaders, more integrated leaders, more authentic leaders. I, like many, am fatigued by our current…
EduQuote of the Week: October 3 – October 9, 2016
The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. B.B. King