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Schools should be Run as Businesses: Reprise

Last month, Classroom Toolkit published an article about the long-term complaint (gripe) that "Schools should be run as businesses."

Should Schools be Run as a Business? What Business?

Critics moan and gripe that schools should be run as a business.

Putting Students Ahead of the High-Stakes Test: Intra Classroom Public Relations Ploy?

Your students perform to their potential when they (think, feel, believe, know) that you care about them as (individuals, people, an important part of your life).

The Myth that Schools are "Under Funded": Busted!

Everyone agrees that our schools are "under funded."

But, this collective group wisdom is a myth of mythical proportions, an Urban Legend of the most pervasive kind.

Rabbit's Foot Leadership

"Rabbit's Foot leadership" is about the only type of leadership that is available to executives and managers of our public schools.

Teaching: The Science of the Art

There has been a long-standing debate concerning whether teaching is a science or an art.

Poverty Consciousness: Why School Districts do the Opposite of what they Should during Economic Slowdowns

How many times have we heard the phrase, "budget concerns," muttered in the same breath as "education," "school district" or "teaching?"

Beware the "Computer Lab" Solution

School administrators and parents pressure teachers to "integrate technology," and teachers have resigned themselves to the pervasiveness of this demand.

What does it Take to Replicate a Pilot or Model Program?

The idea is great. Build a program that works, then clone the program. Let someone else shoulder the burden of thrashing out, fleshing out, tweaking a program…then grab their working model and "run with it."

Homework: Some Suggestions for Solving a Recalcitrant, Intractable Problem

Research fails to support homework as a strategy for improving instruction.

Of course, Classroom Toolkit has a unique slant on the practice of assigning homework.