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A Pundit Is Born! - 3 days ago

Kevin Huffman’s first piece is up, voting starts tomorrow. Keep him on the island! Update: ...
New Dominion? - 3 days ago

In the wake of Tuesday’s election there is some speculation that the policy climate in...
What’s In A Blame? - 4 days ago

States are responding to “Race to the Top” in different ways. Leading states are...
Edujob - 5 days ago

Hope Street Group is hiring for an ed policy director. Fun, flexible, and innovative organization,...
Elections - 5 days ago

What does it mean? Short answer is that rough off-year elections for Dems don’t bode well for...

White House.gov Blog

Welcome to the White House Partnerships Blog - 13 hours ago

Friends, It’s my pleasure to welcome you to the Partnerships blog, the blog of the White House...
Classical Music Workshops Warm the White House - 13 hours ago

Last Wednesday, the White House welcomed 120 middle and high school music students from all over the...
A Washington that is More Reflective of All of America - 15 hours ago

Just a quick post to report on a meeting today with a group of lobbyists and others who currently...
Vice President Biden Leads Discussion on Middle Class Families in D.C. - 15 hours ago

On Thursday at the Center for American Progress in Washington D.C., Vice President Biden moderated...
Wounded Warriors at the White House - 18 hours ago

The President hosted a remarkable group of wounded veterans a few weeks ago on the White House...

The Daily Grind

Trying to plan - yesterday

I'm laying out the scheduled readings and lessons for my Animal Farm unit but find it difficult to...
Adults Ruin Everything - 4 days ago

Though his suspension was recently overturned, T.J. Peeler's story shows once again how near-sighted...
I Pity the Fool - 1 week ago

Is there something to the Dr. Ben Chavis method? His critics claim he ran off all the bad...
Positivity - 2 weeks ago

It's easy to get distracted by all that is wrong in a work environment. The same is true within...
A Miscellany - 2 weeks ago

My friend and former colleague, John Foley, has a humorous post about refereeing celebrities. While...

A Passion for Teaching and Opinions

Legalize Marijuana, watch your kids go to pot - yesterday

"Legalize it and tax it". That's the argument that is constantly stated by those people...
Two things the Ukiah Daily Journal dealt with this week that I’m tired of watching - 2 weeks ago

A fabulous week for the school district in the newspaper. As the Ukiah Daily Journal reported on...
The Grind - 2 weeks ago

When watching the Deadliest Catch, there comes a period called “The Grind”. It is a seemingly...
This time it ain't Tigger socks - 4 weeks ago

This is 11 year old Dean Martin from Adele Harrison Middle School in Sonoma, California. Dean...
Mendocino Measure A! Democracy……and idiots….in action. - 1 month ago

Just outside of the city limits of Ukiah there is an empty piece of property formally owned by the...

Malcolm Gladwell's Blog

Underdogs - 6 months ago

My latest New Yorker piece, on how David beats Goliath, is here. I've been very pleased with the...
Brooks on Outliers - 10 months ago

David Brooks wrote a very thoughtful column in the New York Times yesterday on "Outliers."...
Teachers and Quarterbacks - 10 months ago

My latest New Yorker piece, "Most Likely to Succeed" is now up. A couple of additional...
Outliers update - 11 months ago

In my new book "Outliers," I spend a chapter trying to explain why Asian schoolchildren...
Outliers! - 11 months ago

My new book, "Outliers: The Story of Success," is coming out on Tuesday, after long last. I'm very...

SMITH Magazine: Six-Word Memoirs

'Six-Word Memoirs' by happy_nel - 5 days ago

Trying to quit the six-word habit.
'Six-Word Memoirs' by Augusta - 5 days ago

angry people don't need an excuse
'Six-Word Memoirs' by lazscott89 - 5 days ago

Fuck that guy. That guy sucks.
'Six-Word Memoirs' by BrookeKleinz - 5 days ago

I love you. I hate you.
'Six-word Memoirs for AARP' by - 5 days ago

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Mark Sanborn: Leadership

Easier Said than Done - 5 days ago

While browsing my local bookstore I noticed a new book about design that promised visionary insight...
The Specialist Series: Guest Blog by Mary LoVerde - 5 days ago

This is the first in a series of guest blogs I’m calling the “Specialist Series.” I’ve asked some...
Six Ways to Get Ahead - 5 days ago

Since I’m going to be speaking to college students tomorrow I have been pondering how one gets...
Secrets, Hidden Knowledge and Hype - 2 weeks ago

I’ve written lots of ad copy during my various careers. I know that people love to read about...
Opportunities - 2 weeks ago

Spotting problems is easy. Almost everybody can do that. Solving problems is much more difficult....

Will Richardson: Weblogg-ed

Teachers as Learners (Part 32) - 6 days ago

Recently at the beginning of a day long workshop, I used a Google form to get feedback on this...
Teaching, Testing and Counseling - 2 weeks ago

It’s no secret that many of us who had high hopes that the Obama administration would start a...
On Common Standards - 3 weeks ago

So without bemoaning in the fact that I haven’t been able to find any time of late to get to...
Don’t, Don’t, Don’t vs. Do, Do, Do - 1 month ago

Recently, I presented at a school on an opening day for teachers where the first thing that greeted...
The Obama Speech - 2 months ago

In the midst of all of the “uproar” over the President’s planned speech to school...

David Warlick: 2¢ Worth

Opening up the Networks to Learners - 20 hours ago

Brenda had promised that travel would be scaling back after last week in Edmonton — and when...
Can Literacy be Taught? - 2 days ago

Interestingly, each computer has something different on the screen. This is probably...
Give me the Ridiculous - 1 week ago

It’s probably just me, but it’s the ridiculous that I want to see in a keynote address...
Information Artisans… - 1 week ago

Education Leaders mesmerized by Will Richardson’s Keynote Address at the Long Island...
Motion Chart of Internet Usage World Wide or fun with numbers - 2 weeks ago

I surely needed to be doing something else today, but one of my deepest interests, data...

Tech Tools - All About Tech Integration

Project-Based Learning - 5 days ago

As Instructional Technology Specialists, our work group stresses technology-infused, project-based...
Great Websites - 6 days ago

Elementary teachers: Need some great sites, many of which work well with a SMART Board? I have...
Pete’s PowerPoint Station - 1 week ago

I’ve blogged about Pete’s PowerPoint Station in the past, but wanted to remind readers...
Wordle / Delicious - 1 week ago

Just a little Wordle of my Delicious tags:
Smilebox - 1 week ago

Smilebox is a fun, free, easy, creative way to show photos, allowing the user to create scrapbooks,...