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December 07, 2005
Back in Town
Okay, I'm back in warmer California climate, and I do mean warmer. I had a great trip that started out in the 90 degree weather in San Antonio. By Oklahoma City it's 29 with a wind chill factor on top of it. Wow, that was cold.
Now it's back to California and back to education business here. I have a story to share, but I'm on the run for work so it will have to wait for this evening. Suffice it to say, I enjoyed Texas and Oklahoma a great deal and I learned a tremendous amount. Now it's time to both share what I learned as well as apply the parts that work here vs. what doesn't.
That last is the tricky part. Every state, actually every district in every state, has a different view of what works in their community when it comes to educating kids and they know what has worked for them. Where the tricky stuff comes in is looking at and keeping the parts that have really worked well and being willing to discard and try new things that haven't served a good purpose. Change is challenging and not easily done, and change for change sake never brings about the results you want. However, times change and kids need to learn different skills for this century than they did for the last. We need to continue to find ways to help them do that.
So I'm back looking at what's working and what isn't, trying to find the balance for kids and learning.
Posted by Dr Joni at December 7, 2005 07:33 AM