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Thoughts about Charter School Leadership
Perhaps it is useful to start with a series of non-negotiable beliefs pertinent to the charter schools of my experience; if an individual’s mindset does not match up, the question of leadership is moot. *all young people can learn *high academic standards are a must *a commitment to data assessment leads to on-point and timely […]
UBI Thought Process
These succinct comments were written in 2019, in part reflecting my interest in the idea of a UBI. Recently, I asked myself “how are the observations below affected by COVID-19” and put my responses in brackets. The setting is the United States. DEMOGRAPHICS: There are major differences in median ages among the four major ethnicities. […]
Congratulations: 2020 College Graduates
Yes, it is a bummer, the likelihood of a Zoom virtual graduation ceremony. Nothing can emotionally replace that magical moment in a traditional ceremony when your name is announced, you walk across the stage, shake hands with whichever college biggie is there for the photo op, and then descend the stairs a somewhat different person. […]
A Dark Vision
Background: to state the obvious, different people are reacting to isolation in different ways. An 11 year-old near and dear to my heart said to me, “I am so disappointed in myself; I am starting to curse.” My outlet is writing, whatever comes to mind, even if it is a crazy mixture of satire, realism, […]
How I Did It
For a quarter-century, I have been facilitating the pursuit of higher education by young people. To succinctly describe the context, here are some data points: of the several hundred students who have been assisted, an estimated 90% have been Hispanic, probably 95% financially challenged, maybe 10% undocumented or DACA, some 90% first generation, and perhaps […]