It was a HOT (91) and HUMID afternoon:
She actually ran 1/2 mile without stopping!! I predict she will be a good middle distance runner (800 - 3200). If she works hard an excellent runner!
Sunday, July 22, 2018
On your mark, get set - GO!
It's tough getting beat by my 5 year old granddaughter!
It was a HOT (91) and HUMID afternoon:
She actually ran 1/2 mile without stopping!! I predict she will be a good middle distance runner (800 - 3200). If she works hard an excellent runner!
It was a HOT (91) and HUMID afternoon:
She actually ran 1/2 mile without stopping!! I predict she will be a good middle distance runner (800 - 3200). If she works hard an excellent runner!
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Dr. Shewhart and Dr. Deming were right about True Change.
Dr. Shewhart and Dr. Deming were right and President Trump is proving it with North Korea and others.
In the 1930s - Dr. Shewhart said “Changes that result in improvement come from application of knowledge.”
It can be said that application of knowledge could be President Trump's 40 years of making deals.
In the 1950s - Dr. Deming said “Change comes from outside the system.”
True and Lasting change often comes from outside the system like President Trump not being from Washington and when he refers to draining the swamp! It will be interesting to watch the media and listen to the Washington Swampers make negative of the meeting with North Korea. Why? Because they want the status quo and are stagnate in their thinking to try new approaches.
In the 1930s - Dr. Shewhart said “Changes that result in improvement come from application of knowledge.”
It can be said that application of knowledge could be President Trump's 40 years of making deals.
True and Lasting change often comes from outside the system like President Trump not being from Washington and when he refers to draining the swamp! It will be interesting to watch the media and listen to the Washington Swampers make negative of the meeting with North Korea. Why? Because they want the status quo and are stagnate in their thinking to try new approaches.
Friday, April 20, 2018
Earth Day 4/22/18
I always liked this poem by Walt Whitman -
Appropriate for Earth Day
Appropriate for Earth Day
Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown, or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons, and with the young, and with the mothers or families, re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, and dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your very flesh shall be a great poem.... ~ Walt Whitman ~ (from the Preface to Leaves of Grass, 1855)
Enjoy
4/22/17
Earth Day Video and plant a tree! qg
4/22/17
4/22/12
Six years ago I planted a Washington Hawthorn Sampling I ordered from the Arbor Day Foundation. It looked something (smaller) like this when I pulled it out of a regular size mailing envelop:
Last year I took a picture and I'm proud to show it has grown wonderfully!!
Happy Birthday Dano!
Sunday, April 01, 2018
April is "Autism Awareness Month"
I was sent (Valerie) this link for a new web site. The magazine provides expert advice from respected professionals about autism and offers solutions for families.
Check it out it is really good!
or on the ASD Label (Left Sidebar) for more of my posts on Autism.
Sunday, March 11, 2018
54% of Michigan third-graders failed proficiency reading test. Whose at Fault? The system of course!
Michigan's education system continues to fail our students based on recent and past state proficiency tests. https://midwest.edtrust.org/issue-areas/top-ten-education-state/
So where is the failure?
There is a danger here (All of the agencies and so-called educational watchers) that continues in our educational systems and that is we continue to monitor/grade/evaluate our educational systems with outdated means (Using only result/after the fact measures). We grade our educational systems based on after the fact detection and inspection with a "fix and then replace mentality." Ask any teacher how many standards and policies they must adhere to that have come down the pike from the Federal government to their own school systems.
While the student is the product that continues to be graded and evaluated and then the school there is no means for evaluating the systems and processes that produced the grade.
Case in point. Why do so many children dislike school after third grade? Why do so many teachers wish to leave the profession and no longer want to be in the classroom?
How many students that are failing the proficiency tests (RESULT MEASURE) are on a plan of action to improve (PROCESS MEASURE)? Not just as a part of the whole class but specifically for their needs. We can't continue to wait until the tests to identify and inspect quality in our students (This is the methods that the auto companies used to detect defects that costs them their industry) after the fact.
It is a very simple concept that relies on each corner (Administrators, Parents, and Teachers) of the triangle to be working together interdependently. The main three groups of the triangle are revolving around the student rather than teachers, parents or administrators.
Teachers and Parents know if their student/child can't read and they each blame each other for the problem and expect the other to fix it. Parents you better get involved from day one of school and read to you child at home 5-7 days a week even if it is a short story. The love of reading must take place as much as you need to feed and cloth your child.
Teachers you best put a child on an improvement plan that goes with that child from second grade on once it is determined they have a reading deficiency. Administrators it is your job to lead and make sure this is being done.
Parents - if this is not done pull your child from that school and find one that is willing to work with you and your child.
So where is the failure?
There is a danger here (All of the agencies and so-called educational watchers) that continues in our educational systems and that is we continue to monitor/grade/evaluate our educational systems with outdated means (Using only result/after the fact measures). We grade our educational systems based on after the fact detection and inspection with a "fix and then replace mentality." Ask any teacher how many standards and policies they must adhere to that have come down the pike from the Federal government to their own school systems.
While the student is the product that continues to be graded and evaluated and then the school there is no means for evaluating the systems and processes that produced the grade.
Case in point. Why do so many children dislike school after third grade? Why do so many teachers wish to leave the profession and no longer want to be in the classroom?
How many students that are failing the proficiency tests (RESULT MEASURE) are on a plan of action to improve (PROCESS MEASURE)? Not just as a part of the whole class but specifically for their needs. We can't continue to wait until the tests to identify and inspect quality in our students (This is the methods that the auto companies used to detect defects that costs them their industry) after the fact.
"In order for each student to be successful there must be an understanding and balance between the partners."
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I have been using the "Quality Educational Partnership Triangle" since 2004. It comes in handy when I talk to teachers and most importantly when I talk to parents about education and what is need to help their child succeed in school. All groups must be working together for the student to be successful. If one corner of the triangle fails the percentage of the student to be successful falls at an alarming rate based on my years of meeting with thousands of students and parents.
It is a very simple concept that relies on each corner (Administrators, Parents, and Teachers) of the triangle to be working together interdependently. The main three groups of the triangle are revolving around the student rather than teachers, parents or administrators.
Teachers and Parents know if their student/child can't read and they each blame each other for the problem and expect the other to fix it. Parents you better get involved from day one of school and read to you child at home 5-7 days a week even if it is a short story. The love of reading must take place as much as you need to feed and cloth your child.
Teachers you best put a child on an improvement plan that goes with that child from second grade on once it is determined they have a reading deficiency. Administrators it is your job to lead and make sure this is being done.
Parents - if this is not done pull your child from that school and find one that is willing to work with you and your child.
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