Tag Archives: jim collins

Why Adrian Fenty Lost The City – and How Vincent Gray Can Win It Back

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 at 1:02 pm

Now that the dust is beginning to settle from the DC mayoral race, it’s worth examining what outgoing mayor Adrian Fenty failed to understand about leadership and systems change, and what Vincent Gray will need to understand – and do – if he wants a different result.

Categories: Leadership, Learning, Organizational Change

Tags: adrian fenty, DCPS, jim collins, metacognition, michelle rhee, Organizational Change, self-awareness, systems thinking, vincent gray

Is It Really All About the Benjamins?

Friday, June 4th, 2010 at 1:19 pm

As both a former teacher and a MBA, I’m struck these days by two things: first, the ubiquity of “business thinking” in today’s education reform strategies; and second, the complete absence of the sort of business thinking we actually need to be heeding. Keep reading here . . .

Categories: Assessment, Equity, Learning, Teacher Quality

Tags: business, cognitive thinking, dan pink, education, education reform, forum for education & democracy, jim collins, Learning, learning environment, policies, stephen covey, teacher evaluation