1. To read another call for bringing the private sector into public education please click here. To echo Larry Kudlow, I believe free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity and I think many of the points made in this article are valid. Good businesses attract more customers and are replicated, whereas bad businesses go out of business; wouldn't it be great if the same were true for schools?
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| Wouldn't it be nice to see this sign on some of our nations perennially failing schools? |
2. Here is a very short, but very informative article on 5 Ways to Be Amazing at Work. I particularly like #2, as in an educational setting I think we do a great job of identifying problems, but we are not as good at solving problems.
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| Each of us has the ability to point at the problem, but how many of us have the courage to suggest a solution to the problem? Moreover, how many of us are prepared to own the solution w suggest? |
3. This article from the Harvard Business Review suggests that If You Are Going to Change Your Culture, Do It Quickly! Not a day goes by that I don't see at least one article dealing with organizational culture in my Twitter feed or some other form of media. The following quote alone makes reading the article worthwhile: "Once associates started taking ownership of their culture, they started thinking about how they could improve their work, rather than just doing their work."
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| Kaizen is an important part of our culture at IAS |
4. What is important to parents choosing schools? This article provides the answers and I do not find them surprising at all.
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