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A BLINDING FLASH

I’m back.  I have been sleeping.  Drifting through the universe.  Holding on for dear life. I’m trying to get my second book published and figure out where I go from El Milagro.  So I am going to resurrect my blog … Continue reading

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JOURNALING CHAOS 4: “Las Preguntas”

The “I Ching” teaches that “Before there can be great brilliance… there must be chaos.” This is PART 4 in a series of blog posts that document our research, strategic thinking, observations and debates as we take on one of the last vestiges of … Continue reading

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HANDS ON THE GLASS

  (NOTE: As the Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) goals continue to accelerate, more and more US schools will be categorized by the pejorative brand: “Program Improvement School”.  NCLB’s kiss of death.  By 2014 as many as 90% of America’s schools could be categorized … Continue reading

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