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April 2014

Marathons

4 April 2014 | Filed under: Leadership, Teaching

The story goes that the Athenians had defeated a larger Persian army in battle at a place called Marathon. A runner was sent back to announce the victory and he ran the whole way, about 25 miles, collapsing in death the moment after he triumphantly shouted “Nike!” the Greek word …

The Datum’s the Thing

2 April 2014 | Filed under: Leadership, Teaching

In his recent blog post, Thomas Martellone takes a methodical walk through the debate around data in education, and provides an excellent primer along with a rational argument. Basically, the concept is that data are useful, but get a bad rap because they are touted as the end all and …

You Can Do It! So, do it NOW.

2 April 2014 | Filed under: Leadership, Teaching

OK, I find this article on procrastination fascinating. It’s one of those discoveries that I find myself still thinking about days after the initial read. As a degenerate procrastinator, I’m always looking for strategies to save me from myself, but this article also speaks to me as a manager thinking …

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