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• Are Achievement Districts and Charters really the answer?

  By TC Weber on February 16, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Anybody who knows me knows that I’ll pretty much talk to anybody, anytime, about anything. It doesn’t matter if you agree with me or not; I just like dialog and am fascinated at how people arrive at their positions. Therefore,… Read More ›

• Try again

  By TC Weber on February 6, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  When my daughter was about 18 months old we were at the playground. She’s been a child challenging her boundaries since birth, so she was climbing and running everywhere. I was sitting and watching and truthfully checking my twitter feed… Read More ›

• Are we heading toward an even more segregated society through our schools?

  By TC Weber on January 27, 2014 • ( 1 )

  There is something that I’ve been turning around in my head. I want to throw it out there and let you maybe turn it around in your head. Let me be perfectly clear here, this post doesn’t include any acquisitions… Read More ›

• Raising a Reader

  By TC Weber on January 22, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  My parents were not college graduates. My mother grew up in Germany as a WWII refugee, while my father was the son of a Pennsylvania bootlegger and jack of all trades. He graduated from high school and went immediately to… Read More ›

• I know some Jr high kids that could bring some excitement to J Crew

  By TC Weber on January 16, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  The other day I was in J Crew buying my Teach For America T-shirt. As the sales rep was going through the motions of ringing me up I detected a lack of enthusiasm. Being someone that always has a better… Read More ›

• Festival time in Flatrock

  By TC Weber on January 12, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  One of the reason’s we purchased our house in the Flatrock area of Nashville was because it was important to us that our children were raised in a diverse environment. I’m not talking about “its a small world” diversity here… Read More ›

• What kind of foundation are we laying?

  By TC Weber on January 9, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  The other day my daughter and I were at the park. We were chatting while her brother was running around being the crazed superhero that he can be. “Daddy”, she said, ” I don’t want to grow up.” “Well, 4… Read More ›

• Lessons from my 3 year old

  By TC Weber on January 5, 2014 • ( 6 )

  

  It’s amazing what we can learn if we just stop listen and observe, if we don’t rush to fill a self perceived void. I’ve got a three-year old son who is an amazing skateboarder. I’d go as far to say… Read More ›

• Climbing on board

  By TC Weber on January 1, 2014 • ( 0 )

  Well it’s about time for me to climb into the pool. I’ve toyed with the idea of blogging before but never felt I had that much to say. Well, actually I did, I was just to lazy to write it… Read More ›