We now find ourselves at the start of the hiring season which will transition to the middle and on to the end of the hiring season very...

It wasn’t long ago in one of my weekly/bi-weekly blogs I wrote about the importance of collaborative leadership. Leadership is the topic...

Just Passing Through In the course of coaching school principals at all levels in a number of large public schools, it is sometimes a...

We owe it to our teachers. Towards the end of a career spanning five decades, I have been keenly aware, viewed from a variety of...

HOW DO WE BRING HONOR TO OUR PROFESSION? A cadet will not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those that do. The United States Military...

It is that time of year once again. In some parts of our country the snow that remains long ago has turned brown and ugly, but new...

The state of Texas is currently in the fourth year of its statewide teacher (TTESS) and Administrator (TPESS) evaluation processes. It is...

Who doesn't love a good hockey fight? The answer is those who don't like any type of fighting and those who don't like the sport of...

The movies and TV series many of us grew up with often featured or built their themes around the western cattle drive to Kansas or points...

DEALING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA I vacillate between laughter and rage when I read posts that pop up on Facebook or any of the neighborhood b- -...

LIKE VS RESPECT I enjoy watching athletics, and at this stage of my life I marvel at the tremendous conditioning required for athletes to...

All but six years of my life have been spent in an educational setting of some type. As a student, coach, teacher, administrator and...