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One of the questions posed to stakeholders in the Asheville City Schools strategic planning process is: How well does ACS prepare students with the skills...

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5:48 am Wednesday, May 09, 2012
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Education

 

The Asheville City School system is designing a new strategic plan.  I had the recent honor of being interviewed as a stakeholder in the...

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1:24 pm Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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Education

Whenever I go to a conference that costs me or my employer money, I expect to bring back at least three things. 

  • I want to get at least...
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12:47 pm Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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Education

Last month I wrote about ways to ask young people their opinions.  Well, we’ve been practicing.  We just completed community conversations...

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6:52 am Wednesday, March 28, 2012
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Education

Getting at Results

In the past 15 years or so, there has been a significant push to get social programs to measure their results.  United Way...

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12:02 pm Tuesday, March 13, 2012
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Education

 

Young people say that they have ideas but no one hears them. Last summer, I had a session with high school students and...

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12:41 pm Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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Education