A few days' worth of articles that have accumulated....
Want Reform? Principals Matter, Too.
The Gist: This would seem to be a fairly obvious point, but in the conversation around how to make sure that our children are well educated, we do a lot of talking about teachers, tests, and parents. As an education community, we're doing a terrible job supporting and leveraging the players that arguably make the most significant difference on a campus - the principals.
Notable Quote: "It's hard to think of another profession where so little attention is paid to leadership. Organizations like the military, coporations and universities invest heavily in their leaders. If we're going to do this in public education, a lot has to change.
OED Birthday Word Generator
The Gist: This is fun little gimmick that identifies a word that emerged for the first time on record for every year between 1900 and 2004. Click on a year and find out what word entered the popular vocabulary then!
Notable Quote: Not really applicable - but as an example: I was born in 1982 - the same year that the word "downloadable" entered our vernacular. Kinda crazy, right?
Why Americans Don't Want to Soak the Rich
The Gist: This article takes a look at how the American culture's attitude towards wealth distribution has shifted over the course of the past few decades. Although income inequality has widened massively over the past few decades, we as a society have become increasingly resistant to the idea of levying heftier taxes on the wealthiest stratum of earners. This article points out some unexpected nuances behind how and why that might be the case..
Notable Quote: "In 1980, the highest earning Americans faced a 70 percent tax on every dollar they earned beyond $215,400....Over the last decade, by contrast, the top marginal rate has ranged between 35 percent (which President George W. Bush secured in 2003) and 39.6 percent (which President Obama advocated and which took effect in 2013)."
Happy reading, friends!
Want Reform? Principals Matter, Too.
The Gist: This would seem to be a fairly obvious point, but in the conversation around how to make sure that our children are well educated, we do a lot of talking about teachers, tests, and parents. As an education community, we're doing a terrible job supporting and leveraging the players that arguably make the most significant difference on a campus - the principals.
Notable Quote: "It's hard to think of another profession where so little attention is paid to leadership. Organizations like the military, coporations and universities invest heavily in their leaders. If we're going to do this in public education, a lot has to change.
OED Birthday Word Generator
The Gist: This is fun little gimmick that identifies a word that emerged for the first time on record for every year between 1900 and 2004. Click on a year and find out what word entered the popular vocabulary then!
Notable Quote: Not really applicable - but as an example: I was born in 1982 - the same year that the word "downloadable" entered our vernacular. Kinda crazy, right?
Why Americans Don't Want to Soak the Rich
The Gist: This article takes a look at how the American culture's attitude towards wealth distribution has shifted over the course of the past few decades. Although income inequality has widened massively over the past few decades, we as a society have become increasingly resistant to the idea of levying heftier taxes on the wealthiest stratum of earners. This article points out some unexpected nuances behind how and why that might be the case..
Notable Quote: "In 1980, the highest earning Americans faced a 70 percent tax on every dollar they earned beyond $215,400....Over the last decade, by contrast, the top marginal rate has ranged between 35 percent (which President George W. Bush secured in 2003) and 39.6 percent (which President Obama advocated and which took effect in 2013)."
Happy reading, friends!
