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Category Archives: Culture

Wrestling With Student Achievement

August 13, 2016

I recently read of a school district seeking out those who wished to join a task force to help increase …

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An Unorthodox Reading List for Leaders

November 25, 2015

Harry S. Truman is quoted as saying, “Not all readers are leaders, but every leader must be a reader.” C.S. …

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Highly-Schooled but not Well-Educated

May 21, 2015

As many of you are well aware, an incident involving a member of the SAE fraternity and a racist chant …

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2014 Reading List

December 21, 2014

“The unexamined life is not worth living”  “The reading of some literary work is often…an experience so momentous that only …

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The Conspiracy of Advent

December 14, 2014

**Every year, I release this post as a way to put this season in perspective. I’ve updated the organizations to …

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The Crux of Leadership

September 11, 2014

As most of you know, I am in the midst of starting a new vision of what schooling can be …

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Oikonomic Wealth

August 20, 2014

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 …

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The Real Cost of Economic Progress

July 21, 2014

**In the next few posts, I am going to spend some time unpacking what I think is a central way …

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Economics vs Oikonomics

July 18, 2014

**In the next few posts, I am going to spend some time unpacking what I think is a central way …

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Education and the Hero’s Journey

June 16, 2014

For almost fifteen years, I’ve taught Joseph Campbell’s idea of the Hero’s Journey to students through such epic tales as The …

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