July - 2018

Bricks and Thrones Might Break Their Bones

Guest article for The Education Question with Chris Margolin, July 2018. What is education in the modern era? Education in the modern era still has two major barriers that many school leaders and policy makers do not discuss, let alone try to address within the current state of our school systems and school system budget structures in America. One would argue that schools have changed dramatically over the years and I stipulate that, yes, there are facets of education that h

Are You Overqualified?

Pretend that you are a new principal at a new school that is set to open this fall. You have everything that you need to get going, except staff. You have to hire your entire team from scratch! Fast forward to the results of your recruitment process. You have 500 applicants for all sorts of positions open at your school—applicants for administrative assistants, monitors, teachers, an assistant principal, I mean everything. Thirty-five former school superintendents, who als