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The Importance of Mentors
We acquired the word "mentor" from the literature of ancient Greece. In Homer's epic, The Odyssey, Odysseus was away from home fighting and journeying for 20 years. During that time, Telemachus, the son he left as a babe in arms, grew up under the supervision of...
The Courtship To Marriage Continuum: Schools & Communities
In the late 1990’s when I first started taking classes in school administration, one of the required courses was titled, “School Community Relations.” The class included a textbook by the same name with content including media strategies, theories and practice on...
Keeping The Humanity In Education Policy
As you read this blog, please understand I believe that the vast majority of education policy-makers on both sides of the political aisle are coming from a pure place. I want to believe their common ground is a sincere desire to grow generations of youth that are...
The DNA of Your Community
The genetic makeup of humans gives each of us our uniqueness. Not only do we look and act differently, but we also each possess gifts and abilities that are a direct result of what is in our DNA. How we respond to our environment, our susceptibility to disease, and...
Joplin’s EF-5 Tornado: 3 Lessons Learned about the Importance of Vision Casting within Crisis
Following Hurricane Katrina in particular, resiliency factors influencing community recovery efforts has become a growing field of study as researchers try to identify what makes one community better prepared to prepare, respond, and rebuild following the unthinkable....
How Faith Based Organizations Can Be a Powerful Resource for Schools
The first amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." The meaning behind those words has been the subject of religious, political and legal...
