No matter how you spell it or say it, there is a game today. A big one. The one that these ladies have been preparing for since the end of last season. Of course, every game is the one they have been preparing for since last season. If you are in any fashion a West … Continue reading It’s Game Day, GameDay, #GameDay
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The attitude and culture of a team means everything and it starts with the coach. When players believe in a coach, when the coach believes in the players, and when the players believe in each other no matter what they contribute, then something incredible happens. Great teams have a cohesiveness, a bond, a shared existence, … Continue reading #AllIn #Allthetime
Exit Wounds- A Must Read From The Atlantic
The NCGA’s Plan to Make School Performance Grades Fuel Voucher Expansion
Public Schools First NC (PSFNC.org), an organization that supports advocacy of public education in North Carolina, regularly sends out very informative factoids through social media that give texture to the landscape of the politics associated with public education. With the current recess of the General Assembly after its disastrous budget proposal for public education, it … Continue reading The NCGA’s Plan to Make School Performance Grades Fuel Voucher Expansion
Keeping It Partisan – Our State Superintendent
"And some of those tasked with making schools better are more focused on preserving tired partisan wedges rather than looking for innovative ways to provide more and better opportunities in rural communities." - Mark Johnson, February 7th in an op-ed he wrote entitled "What I meant about $35K teacher pay" in the News & Observer … Continue reading Keeping It Partisan – Our State Superintendent
The 32-Minute “Run” That Decided the Conference Championship
In sports, there are times when a team may go through a stretch in which it totally takes over the game, grabs the momentum, and seems to score in bunches either wiping out a deficit or increasing a lead. In football, we may call it scoring "unanswered" points. In baseball, it is putting together some … Continue reading The 32-Minute “Run” That Decided the Conference Championship
What Happens At Schools Should Teach Us All, Especially What Happened At Douglas High School
The mass shooting at Columbine High School occurred in 1999. It was my second year of teaching. It changed the American high school landscape. Procedures. Drills. Even the construction of classroom doors altered to be more resistant to break-ins. Furthermore, Columbine involved no gang members. It took place in an affluent area. The killers had planned to … Continue reading What Happens At Schools Should Teach Us All, Especially What Happened At Douglas High School
Remember Ladies, You’re The Titans
I imagine most of you have seen the movie Remember the Titans about a public school in Virginia the 1970’s being desegregated and how its football team became a vehicle for positive change. I watch it every chance I get. There’s a hopeless romantic still inside of me that likes a feel-good movie that actually is based … Continue reading Remember Ladies, You’re The Titans
When a “Zero” Becomes a “50” And Other Miracles in Educational Reform
So, are you a glass is half- empty person or a glass is half-full person? It’s a generic question. I know. Preferably, I would like to be around a water source and not worry if I had enough to fill a glass and just drink my fill. But there is another way to never have … Continue reading When a “Zero” Becomes a “50” And Other Miracles in Educational Reform
West Forsyth WBB Are CPC Champs and a #1 Seed – When You Play With Heart
The Titan Women's Basketball Team will always hold a special place in the heart of Malcolm. Basketball is his favorite sport and he watches the games with an attentiveness that he does not give any other event. And those ladies who play for the high school in Clemmons, NC have treated him with nothing but … Continue reading West Forsyth WBB Are CPC Champs and a #1 Seed – When You Play With Heart
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