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Archive for August, 2008
« Previous EntriesAway on Blogcation
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Where we’ll be next week. In past years, even on vacations I’ve managed to blog updates from the road, pictures, and more. But this year, I promised my wife and son that my blog (and related internet media) are off limits until after Labor Day — which means no Flickr photos, Facebook status changes, and [...]
Facebook: No. 1 Globally
Friday, August 15th, 2008Facebook … is the top global social network, according to figures released by comScore (SCOR) on Aug. 12. Of Facebook’s 132 million users, nearly 63% are outside North America. … Facebook has been particularly successful in terms of sheer user adoption. Its number of new members was up 153% in June from the same month [...]
Friday Foto Finish
Friday, August 15th, 2008Comforting Kyra and MacBook Pro, during better days. I drank the Kool Aid circa 1985 when I first used a Mac. The hyperlinks, the sketchpad, the drag and drop trash disposal, the mouse — compared to PC’s c://blahblahblah I was hooked. After law school, the “real world” suppressed what I knew to be true — [...]
Leadership Center Launching 20/20 Vision
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Join the Coalition and The New York City Leadership Center as we officially launch 20/20 Vision for Schools as part of this historic gathering on September 20, 2008. Thanks! Register Now & Bring Your Leadership Team! Saturday, September 20, 2008 “Spiritual Leadership in the Global City” Launch Event! GROUP RATE: Register a group of 25 [...]
32% in Baseball is great, but for a student (or a school): Not so much
Thursday, August 14th, 2008More alarming news about New York City’s graduation rates. + 32% of black males graduated from NYC’s high schools on schedule in 2006 + 57% of white males graduated on time + Both percentages are unacceptable, but the discrepancy is yet another example of educational inequities + New York City public schools ranked 54th out [...]
Blogging the Leadership Summit
Thursday, August 14th, 2008I couldn’t attend any of the WCA Leadership Summit this year, but blogs from Chris Brooks helped capture the context. CB on: + Wendy Kopp The reality is that there are really 2 different public education systems in America. The first is well funded, has excellent teachers, staff, and administration. This system usually has strong [...]
David and Goliath Remixed Manga Style
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Check this out: MECHA MANGA BIBLE HEROES brings classic bible heroes to life in a whole new way! Drawn in the popular manga style and featuring “mecha” (robots), a mainstay of manga, the first issue reimagines the legendary tale of David and Goliath. The characters, themes and stories remain the same, only the setting has [...]
Big city “graduation rates”
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Another reason educational inequity is the greatest injustice of our time: The likelihood that a ninth-grader in one of the nation’s biggest cities will clutch a diploma four years later amounts to a coin toss — not much better than a 50-50 chance, new research finds. Cross into the suburbs, and the odds improve dramatically. [...]
The Movement is Spreading: 20/20 Vision Chicago
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008The movement to transform public education within a single generation of students is spreading! Join Vision Nehemiah, Willow Creek Church, North Park University’s Center for Youth Ministry Studies and others in launching 20/20 Vision for Schools Chicago on September 13. I’ll be there. This is from their announcement: In the first seven months of 2008, [...]
Wednesday Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008Wendy Kopp on Education Reform Watch the pioneering education reformer Wendy Kopp of Teach for America — one of the world’s “100 Most Influential People” according to Time magazine (2008) and one of “America’s Best Leaders” according to US News and World Report (2006) — explain to Charlie Rose why “educational inequity is our nation’s [...]
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