There are a number of voices in our profession that make the valid case that schools cannot be expected to do more than what is currently done in the face of very real ills of society. Poverty, lack of a safety net, broken homes, racism, etc. Too many of us believe that good enough is…
There are threats to our representative democracy, but that isn’t the news. There have always been threats to our representative democracy and if reasonable people make reasonable decisions we will reach reasonable solutions. The danger is the when the power of the fringe faction overwhelms the power of the reasonable mass. In our current political…
A number of you in the LYS Nation are now Twitter users. If you haven’t done so yet, we want you to join us. To let you see what you are missing, here are the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of October 5, 2014. 1. A big “THANK YOU” to the organizers, presenters…
In the public interest and courtesy to all of the candidates for Governor, Lt. Governor, State Senator, and State Representative, I present the Texas Model Education and Ensured Economic Prosperity Plan. Feel free to discuss and use as if it is your own. 1. Significantly increase the quality of candidates attempting to enter the teaching…
Here is the next LYS coaching alignment tool. Over the next few posts I will show the alignment between LYS doctrine and state requirements. Now up, the alignment of the Foundation Trinity to the Texas PDAS. When we implement our Common Scope and Sequence, there is a positive impact on the following PDAS domains: Domain…
In honor of the Fourth of July I would like to share a quote concerning education by the man who drafted the Declaration of Independence. “Educate and inform the whole mass of the people…they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.” — Thomas Jefferson What we do everyday in our public…
