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Today I facilitated a professional development session on Cognitive Complexity for a half of my staff. We began the session with a comparison task between solving two sample assessment problems. One problem was from AIMS based on the 2008 math standards,

I just finished a professional book study through the Arizona K12 Center. We read and discussed Sir Ken Robinson’s book  Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative, and I think there is a lot for schools to take to heart

Vampires, haunted houses, witches, goblins, ghosts-oh my! Tis the season to ponder what truly exists or is perhaps a figment of our imagination. As I tune out the sounds of werewolves howling, I find one reality truly frightening. The power

“There is one thing that is common to every individual, relationship, team, family, organization, nation, economy, and civilization through out the world-one thing which, if removed, will destroy the most powerful government. The most successful business, the most thriving economy,

A few weeks back I attended a four day training hosted by a neighboring district. Now, there were the usual concerns associated with a near week long training…Which room would we be crammed into? Would there be adult size chairs?

School improvement. School transformation. School reform. Call me old fashioned, but I believe in the antiquated notion that if you ground your teachers in a collaborative culture with leadership that is focused on the specific needs of a school- teaching