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“Eat Less, Exercise More” Isn’t The Answer For Weight Loss | TIME
http://time.com/2809007/eat-less-exercise-more-isnt-the-answer-for-weight-loss/
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Five Elements of a Good Financial Transparency Site | PA TIMES Online
http://patimes.org/elements-good-financial-transparency-site/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+patimes%2FlidQ+%28PA+TIMES+Online%29
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Going Beyond the Core
Almost from the start of my term on the Board, I have struggled with how to understand value and affordability metrics in education. As an engineer, I’ve been taught to analyze any system for its structure of performance, feedback, and control. This is the essence of any accountability system. Of…
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Thoughts On An Educational Technology Plan
In reference to this article, I believe the 2010 National Educational Technology Plan is a good general approach and should not be over-politicized. It seems to be moving the ball in the right direction. The educational community should use it for the good parts and reconsider anything that doesn’t seem…
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ROWE, ROWE, ROWE Your Learning
Here’s a quick one. I was passed this great video (very fun and worth 10 minutes), which prompted me to get Daniel Pink’s book, Drive (available at our library). In both is a great discussion on new research and thinking by the author and those he writes about regarding how…
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It’s Inputs That Matter
One of my passions is economics. Not just because I’m heavy into math, but because economics collects together under one umbrella the measures of both benefit and cost, demand and supply, output and input. The recent Newsweek article that ranked Cheltenham high school among the top 1600 schools in America…
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Knowledge Sharing…Two Great Examples
I’ve written and spoken before about the importance of sharing knowledge. I encourage it in my work and wherever I’m able, but I was reminded of its value in two events this week so I thought I’d at least note them — for my own benefit if not for others.…
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News from PA Board of Education
PSBA provides members with valuable weekly updates on relevant legislation and educational activities in Pennsylvania. Given the abysmally organized, uninformative, confusing, and virtually unnavigable state of the new PDE website, I’m extremely grateful for PSBA’s efforts to inform the public by participating in the uncalendared, unannounced, unreported state events and…
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National Principal Certification?
In a complementary fashion with metrics are standards. Similar issues, for sure. Here’s a recent EdWeek article on standards for principals: Plans Set for National Certification of Principals Your thoughts? By the way, PSBA has a set of standards for board members, too, and I would want to be completely…
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Fellow Director Blog Found
It is darn difficult to find school board members publishing online, so when I find one, I want to share the news. Pride and Promise, a blog by Northwestern Lehigh School District Director, Paul C. Fisher, Jr., gets high marks from me on looks and already he’s publishing some great…
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