Tag: Diane Ravitch

Can You Find A Person at the Top – A Single Person – Who Has Truly Learned from the Mistakes that Led Up to the 2008 Crash? Even One? (Reflecting on the Movie Inside Job, and the Writing of Diane Ravitch)

“What can we believe in?  There’s nothing we can trust anymore.” (from the movie, Inside Job). ———- (Sorry about the long title on this blog post – I could not figure out how to shorten it). I watched the move Inside Job last night.  (Yes, I know I’m late to this).  It tells what happened… Read More Can You Find A Person at the Top – A Single Person – Who Has Truly Learned from the Mistakes that Led Up to the 2008 Crash? Even One? (Reflecting on the Movie Inside Job, and the Writing of Diane Ravitch)

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Here are 3 books you can hear us present this week; Diane Ravitch; Joseph Michelli, Conant & Norgaard

This Friday (Aug. 5), 7:00 am, is the First Friday Book Synopsis.  If you live in the DFW area, this provides a great opportunity for networking, with a terrific dose of content, quickly delivered… Karl Krayer will present his synopsis of TouchPoints: Creating Powerful Leadership Connections in the Smallest of Moments (J-B Warren Bennis Series)… Read More Here are 3 books you can hear us present this week; Diane Ravitch; Joseph Michelli, Conant & Norgaard

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Read this book! Seriously! – Diane Ravitch, The Death and Life of the Great American School System

I don’t often say this with such force and fervor, but…  READ THIS BOOK! The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education by Diane Ravitch. Yes, I know I’m behind the curve on this.  It has been out a while (it came out in March, 2010).… Read More Read this book! Seriously! – Diane Ravitch, The Death and Life of the Great American School System

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Has our Execution-focused age smothered our love of learning?

Why do you read books?  (or blogs, or magazines, or anything else?) We live in an ever-more utilitarian age.  We read in order to do something.  We read in order to implement.  To put it in business terms, we read in order to “execute.”  In fact, we read the book Execution in order to execute.… Read More Has our Execution-focused age smothered our love of learning?

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