Wrestling With Student Achievement
I recently read of a school district seeking out those who wished to join a task force to help increase …
Category Archives: Culture
An Unorthodox Reading List for Leaders
Harry S. Truman is quoted as saying, “Not all readers are leaders, but every leader must be a reader.” C.S. …
Highly-Schooled but not Well-Educated
As many of you are well aware, an incident involving a member of the SAE fraternity and a racist chant …
2014 Reading List
“The unexamined life is not worth living” “The reading of some literary work is often…an experience so momentous that only …
The Conspiracy of Advent
**Every year, I release this post as a way to put this season in perspective. I’ve updated the organizations to …
The Crux of Leadership
As most of you know, I am in the midst of starting a new vision of what schooling can be …
Oikonomic Wealth
In previous posts, I’ve tried to shape a conversation around the differences between economics and oikonomics by arguing that economics is centered in the …
The Real Cost of Economic Progress
**In the next few posts, I am going to spend some time unpacking what I think is a central way …
Economics vs Oikonomics
**In the next few posts, I am going to spend some time unpacking what I think is a central way …
Education and the Hero’s Journey
For almost fifteen years, I’ve taught Joseph Campbell’s idea of the Hero’s Journey to students through such epic tales as The …
The Wisdom Initiative 