In my last blog I wrote about the relationship between responsibility and accountability and how each contributes to my understanding of our democracy, our economy, and our education practices. With this blog, I want to revisit the topic, but in much more personal and individual terms:So, picture a 12 year old allowed for the first time to spend the night at a friend’s house. As Mom pulls to

Inclusion and participation of youth with disabilities in school, employment, social, community, and leadership activities is vital to their future success and achievement of their life goals. Inclusive schools are higher achieving schools; places where young people develop the skills they need to live fulfilled adult lives. Read the full post at Special Olympics Project UNIFY.

Martin Luther King Day will be marked on January 16. This national holiday gives us an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. His life symbolizes a time in history when out of confusion; mean spiritedness and conflict came a vision of better possibilities.This holiday is evolving into a day of community service. Working in service to others helps us to

I read the following in an article the other day quoting Pasi Sahlberg: “Accountability is something that is left when responsibility has been subtracted.”(Residue.)And, I would add “…and trust destroyed” to get us fully to our American “culture of accountability”. To spice it up, I would also like to bring in the old Mark Twain saying, “To a man with

Audience Member: So, let’s say you have a class full of 10th graders and all of them are in danger of dropping out of high school. They have discipline issues, are under-credited, disengaged, all of it. You have no cost restrictions – no amount of money is too much. There are no limitations – you can literally do anything you want. What would you do to keep these students in school