I saw an author describing the J curve on TV a few years back. I couldn’t find reference to the concept in an internet search, so I cannot give appropriate credit to the original author. The gist of it is that to move from a dysfunctional to a functional government, an authoritarian system will only take you so
Parental Involvement: Cause or Correlation?
I was in a meeting about student success. We had broken into groups, and the question of parental involvement came up. “Were your parents involved in your school?” I half-whispered to a fellow director, born and raised in Hong Kong. “Not at all” she said. “Not mine either” said I (born and raised in another
Reputation: a Matter of Trust
Today I recommend thinkpurpose’s post Why I Don’t Care About the Reputation of my Organisation. …If you aim for a good reputation, trust takes a back seat. Spin, presentation and image are the easy ways to a good reputation but trust is made from simpler and sterner stuff. It has to be based on something
Government’s Return on Investment
Is it ever OK to say “I spent more on that, so I am in compliance.” Is spending more money the only way to demonstrate “success?” I say this is the opposite of success. Are we going to allow school districts to shrug off poor results by spending more. I really don’t understand the critics of California’s Local Control Funding Formula’s