Category Archives: On Education

Thoughts and observations on schools and education

A Tale of Two Schools – Differing Responses Standardized Testing

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Thomas

This is a tale of two schools. Actually, it is a tale two events at one school, five years apart, but they might as well be at two different schools based on the response of the faculty to an external … Continue reading →

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A Visual Tool for Large Group Facilitation

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Thomas

Problem Statement: A school board which has not agreed to an increase in recommended levy funding in 16 years. A community which regularly votes down the levy funding requests recommended by the board. A school system which is largely under … Continue reading →

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Our Education System: An Unacculturated Outsiders View

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Thomas

A few years ago I was sharing a table at a conference with a public school superintendent from the State of Maine. She was telling me about how she and her board where contemplating turning down federal funding because of … Continue reading →

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What We Can Learn about Data Analysis from a Fourth Grader and Her Science Project

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Thomas

In the spring of 2003, at the Intel Northwest Science Expo in Portland Oregon, I had the honor of meeting a rather remarkable young fourth grader. She was remarkable because, while most middle and high school students, and arguably most … Continue reading →

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