Posts Tagged leader
241 Teachers Lose Jobs
Posted by Jon P. Zurfluh in Leadership, Teaching/Learning on July 25, 2010
Michelle Rhee announced this week the firing of 241 teachers as part of the ongoing implementation of a broad based reform movement (IMPACT) that she undertook just a short time ago. This program… Continue reading
Motivation – Again!?!?
Posted by Jon P. Zurfluh in Farside, Leadership, Teaching/Learning on July 5, 2010
Seems like the week to discuss motivation and as I consider various links and tracebacks, I’m found bringing together some ideas into a new framework of understanding many things I have written before and will… Continue reading | 1 Comment
Anatomy of trust…
Posted by Jon P. Zurfluh in Leadership on November 5, 2009
This has been a busy week in University Place. Two events have shaken this community in recent days and both times I found myself on television as a bystander while events unfolded. The first was… Continue reading
Early Learning – Fighting Fade Out
Posted by Jon P. Zurfluh in Leadership, Teaching/Learning on October 2, 2009
One of the things on every educational leaders “to-do” list should be addressing early learning. Similar to what Jeffrey Canada has taught us in the Harlem projects (see previous post), this project in South… Continue reading
The Real Crisis
Posted by Jon P. Zurfluh in Farside, Leadership on February 16, 2009


