After Tuesday’s board meeting, I originally meant to write a post on Wednesday. I intended to call the piece “Lies my Superintendent told me.” But, as so often happens, events kept unfolding, making the title and the piece feel a… Read More ›
Uncategorized
ANYBODY GOT A FLASHLIGHT?
The Metropolitan Nashville Public School District continues its annual budget process tomorrow. Things kick off at 4pm with a budget finance committee meeting, followed at 5pm by a regularly scheduled board meeting, followed by a public comment session to hypothetically… Read More ›
IS IT REALLY EQUITABLE?
A legend tells of a French monastery known throughout Europe for the extraordinary leadership of a man known only as Brother Leo. Several monks began a pilgrimage to visit Brother Leo to learn from him. Almost immediately, they began to… Read More ›
BUDGET, BUDGET, WHO’S GOT THE BUDGET?
For about two weeks now, when district leadership announced that as part of the impending budget process they were going to change the formula for Title I distribution, I have been deeply immersed in learning about how our school budgets… Read More ›
THESE FEET WERE MADE FOR WALKING
I’m going to start off with some disclaimers before we get rolling this week. First, in a recent blog post, I cited the per-pupil Title I allocation by MNPS as being $485 when it is actually $491. That number is… Read More ›
PSSSST…. BY THE WAY, WE’RE BROKE.
Well, this has been a week. It started, as too many of these weeks have, with the death of someone special. You’ve heard me talk about moving here in 1989 and how the Rock scene in Nashville at that time… Read More ›
A STEM AWAKENING
Talk about setting oneself up for failure. Publishing former MNPS teacher Scott Bennett’s exit letter yesterday really raised the bar for the week. It seems his words resonated with y’all, and as a result, that post has grown to become… Read More ›
WORDS FROM A RECENTLY DEPARTED MNPS TEACHER
I didn’t write a post today because I was off attending STEM Summit III at MTSU in Murfreesboro. It was a fantastic experience, and I’m extremely grateful to Connie Smith for inviting me. Expect more details on the Summit tomorrow…. Read More ›
OF TITLE I, TESTING, AND WEEKEND POLL QUESTIONS
Today’s blog post comes with a little warning: this is going to be a bit of a heavy lift. I want to try to translate into layman’s terms some issues surrounding Title I funding and increased standardized testing. But before… Read More ›
WILL ENOUGH EVER BE ENOUGH?
Last night, as I drove my 7-year-old home from Jiu-Jitsu class, a voice came from the back seat: “Why did that kid want to shoot those other kids?” “Huh?” It took me a minute to realize what he was talking… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 