Feb
17
From Mary Bell, WEAC president: By Mary Bell This evening I stood shoulder to shoulder with AFSCME Council 40 Executive Director Rick Badger in response to the state governor’s attack on public workers. The following is a statement I released to the press: “We know these are tough times and we have made it clear …
Feb
17
Teachers Disgust Erik Severson At least he tells the truth In all fairness, it sounds like Erik Severson, my representative for the 28th district in Wisconsin, has been trying to contact me at home. I’m assuming he is interested in talking to me because he got my name and number from someone who read one …
Feb
14
I am only trying to get an answer. If you read my previous post, I think the question was pretty clear: What does eliminating the negotiation process have to do with balancing the budget? Why can’t the government make the cuts that need to be made without eliminating a union’s ability to negotiate? Again, unions …
Jun
19
A few years ago, I posted about an experience I had at a Direct Buy sales presentation. To date, that post, and the couple I did as a follow up continue to be in the top 5 all time in both traffic earned and comments submitted. Turns out, lots of people want to learn about …
Nov
24
A couple of thoughts about integrating technology into classrooms and curriculums. These are somewhat off the cuff, so forgive me if they’re a bit rambling. Transparency: When thinking about using technology to enhance teaching and learning, it’s easy to get caught up in the latest thing–the nifty web application, software or hardware device–and think that …
Nov
20
According to an annual report (pdf file), Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership has identified six factors that inspired confidence in leaders in 2009: Trust Competence Working for the greater good of society Shared values Results Being in touch The National Leadership Index survey also analyses people’s feelings about leadership in the following six …
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