Secrets of A School Principal

Well they moved on to New Hampshire. So what! Are any of these candidates going to talk about the real future, our children and schools. As we are distracted by religous views of candidates, what diner they had breakfast or lunch at we ignore the future which is our children and schools. No Child Left Behind makes people believe we are going to test our way to excellence. If that were the case we would be there. Truth be told we need to attract people with a love of children, a passion for excellence and the ability to see the connection of a strong educational system to the long term viability and success of the United States. No more smoke and mirrors lets committ to the energy that helped us put a man on the moon to reform our schools from traditional brick and mortar locations to places that use technology to bring the best people information and instruction to our students and teachers. If any of the candidates care about the future make them talk about education. Education is the great equalizer. It unlocks opportunites and it can never be taken away from you. We need to create lifelong learners if we want our children and country to be successful.

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Have you noticed how all of the main stream candidates have totally avoided the issue of education. They all speak of quality and the importance of having quality schools or school choice. Is there really a choice? We need to treat this the way we treated the challenge of putting a man on the moon in the 1960's. Let's set what appears to be an impossible task and work to achieve it. Schools need to outfit schools with the tools to compete in a flattened digital world in all classrooms. We need to embark on a major program to train all stafff on how to use those technologies. This is like puttting the wheels on a moving bus. It can be done. We can not afford to be complacement.Candidates need to committ to transforming our bricks and mortar schools to places where the best teachers and information is available to students and teachers from anywhere and anytime. The future depends on us changing now!

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