SchoolAdvancement

There is a famous quotation attributed to Albert Einstein that goes, “We cannot solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”  While that makes sense when you think about it, if you think a little longer, that becomes a very frightening thought.  Usually, to solve a problem, we try to “do” something that’s […]

Irony: Recent research proves that music education improves the brain’s preparedness for all education because it makes both sides of the brain work together.  Learning to play a musical instrument further enhances brain activity, creating neural pathways across the corpus collosum, the bundle of neurons that connect both halves of the brain.  It’s been said […]

What is the purpose of a school? The answers span the gamut, from learning for learning’s sake, providing the education necessary for an individual to be employable, to, in the case of Christian school, raising up disciples to continue to build the Kingdom of God.  Since one of the reasons for education today is to […]

If you have a computer, you have a filing system – whether you know it or not. If you’re a “spatial” person, you may keep many of your files on your Desktop – not the top of your desk, but the “homescreen” on your computer – remembering where they’re placed, so that you can retrieve […]

You’ve probably heard the saying, “You can’t fight the system.”  Well, the truth is you can, but for the majority of the times that one may try to, the effort is an exercise in futility. But this article isn’t about keeping on fighting against all odds to prove a point, or to raise awareness. It’s […]

Before getting into this month’s article, a comment about last months, “We May Know What We Want to Do, But Do We Know What We Need To Do?” I found “The Blog of Steve Schwartz” via an eNewsletter from Jeffrey Gitomer, noted author and sales coach, and one of the posts on the blog is titled, […]

When I was an adjunct professor, one of my students in my Web design class asked me to define “creative,” because they said they weren’t very creative. I didn’t believe that. Everyone is creative. 1984-1985 was my first official year in the classroom, and I gave my 7th grade students an exercise. Each student was […]

You’re probably thinking this is going to have something to do with computers for each child in the classroom, BYOD, or perhaps a shadowing program to help increase enrollment. No, this article deals with a group of schools getting together to split the cost of a Director of Advancement so that these several schools can […]

An interesting thing happens when you start to think about systems thinking, especially in light of systems that you’ve heard about before. If you find three things, you start to look for where they intersect to come up with the emergent property of the system. If the three can create a fourth, what happens if […]

When I attended Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA for my Master of Education degree, the experience was different as an adult learner than it was for me when I was an undergraduate student some 20 years prior to that time.  Back then, I was a commuter, really didn’t pay much attention to campus life, […]