SO YOU THINK YOU'RE A HIGH TECH SCHOOL
This type of data is known as Big Data and it’s emerging in education too.
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Mucerino & Associates
Allan Mucerino
Oct 8, 20173 min read
BULLYING PREVENTION REQUIRES STUDENT VOICES
Bullying is an affront to the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination.
Allan Mucerino
Sep 25, 20171 min read
TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER
Click linkto view an article that appeared in the September 25, 2017 edition of EDCAL, a publication of the Association of California...
Allan Mucerino
Sep 4, 20173 min read
DATA COLLECTION OVERVIEW. A PRIMER
At the classroom level, collecting and documenting evidence of students’ classroom performance is a fundamental component of formative...
Allan Mucerino
Aug 24, 20171 min read
FIVE COMPONENTS OF RESEARCH DESIGN
Students doing research for the first time face many challenges. Here are five big ideas that are important to process. Download a pdf...
Allan Mucerino
Apr 23, 20175 min read
IS THE FORCE TO CHANGE GREATER THAN THE FORCE TO STAY THE SAME?
If it is not, change is likely to fail. Many of my readers are aware of the lead boldly message that I regularly deliver to my education...
Allan Mucerino
Apr 14, 20174 min read
BOLD LEADERSHIP: EQUAL TO IT?
Bold leadership is about ensuring that just, equitable, and inclusive education is a dominant theme driving the decision-making process....
Allan Mucerino
Mar 12, 20172 min read
LEAN TIMES ARE BACK IN EDUCATION
Editor's note: Thank you students and other readers for reminding me that I have been remiss in not keeping up my blog. I’ve been...
Allan Mucerino
Mar 9, 20174 min read
A SMOOTH TRANSITION DEPENDS ON AN EFFECTIVE ENTRY PLAN
Perhaps in no other context is governance team effectiveness more important than in that of school districts. The ubiquitous school...
Allan Mucerino
Mar 4, 20173 min read
THE NEW ORLEANS EXPERIMENT
I’m writing from New Orleans, where I am attending the National Conference on Education, presented by the School Superintendents...
Allan Mucerino
Dec 20, 20163 min read
UNMATERIALIZED PROMISES, DAMAGED PSYCHES, & STAINED SOULS: REVISITING THE COLEMAN REPORT ON ITS 50th
In my November 25, 2016 blog, Translating Theory into Practice, or Vice Versa?, I quoted Fritz Mondale to illuminate my point that...
Allan Mucerino
Dec 13, 201640 min read
THE COLEMAN REPORT AT 50
"One must also be aware of the relative importance of a certain kind of thing to a certain kind of person. Just as a loaf of bread means...
Allan Mucerino
Nov 25, 20164 min read
TRANSLATING THEORY INTO PRACTICE, OR VICE VERSA?
Known as a thoughtful politician who did his homework, Fritz Mondale, chairing a Senate select committee on equal educational...
Allan Mucerino
Nov 10, 20164 min read
BONDING WITH BONDS
A recent study of school facility spending, Investing in schools: capital spending, facility conditions, and student achievement,...
Allan Mucerino
Oct 14, 20162 min read
DEFENDING SPENDING
This semester has been among the most interesting in my nine-year tenure teaching education leadership to doctoral candidates. My current...
Allan Mucerino
Aug 30, 20164 min read
BOUNDARY CROSSING, INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE, AND SELF EXAMINATION.
The era of the LCFF - arguably inspired by the federal grant competition known as the Race to the Top with its focus on improving...
Allan Mucerino
Jul 7, 20166 min read
RESTRUCTURING, RECULTURING, AND FULLAN’S PROMISE
If you are not familiar with Michael Fullan and his work, consider yourself uninformed when it comes to school reform. He is a worldwide...
Allan Mucerino
May 5, 20164 min read
THE MAKER MOVEMENT IS NO SILVER BULLET
Silver bullets can solve big problems through simple means. Quick-fix leadership, also referred to as hit-and-run leadership, is all...
Allan Mucerino
Apr 19, 20163 min read
CAN WE REACH SOME PLACE WE NEVER ENVISION?
Mathematically speaking, it’s possible for a person to run a 100 meters in 9.27 seconds, according to some mathematicians, given...
Allan Mucerino
Apr 16, 20164 min read
THE CHALLENGES OF THE SUPERINTENDENCY
This semester I have experimented by integrating a strategic planning course and a resource allocation course for a second-year cohort of...
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