Sandra was addressing educators in a leadership program her district had initiated for administrative candidates. Her presentation outlined the benefits of site-based decision-making in terms of its potential for allowing…
An English jurist named John Fletcher Moulton wrote an article early in the 20th century in which he talked about something called “obedience to the unenforceable.” He identifies three domains:…
Craig Reynolds, a researcher in the study of complexity, created a computer program with a collection of autonomous birdlike agents he called boids. Each boid was programmed with three simple…
Some interesting insights about assessment and evaluation from an elementary teacher... This Internet joke made its rounds in the office years ago. Two seniors, Gladys and Mildred, are driving along…
One of our former school budget officials reflects on his work in the system. My first annual budget for the school board was prepared on accounting paper using a pencil…
Martin tells a story about a budget revelation that came to him in his days as a district curriculum consultant. There were three consultants, all of whom had specific responsibilities…
One of our school principals tells this story… I had asked teachers to supervise their own detentions simply because I wasn’t “comfortable” with the idea of a place designated as…
(Excerpt from a Farewell Speech We Heard) Years ago, in my first assignment as an administrator, I had the opportunity to work for one year as principal of a small…
The collective membership of MyBudgetFile boasts several lifetimes spent in schools and school systems. Staff have served in a variety of positions including as school business officials, teachers, technicians, principals,…
