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Municipal Planning Means Planning

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In New York, this means opinions from every commission, community group, politico and those with influence who put ‘thumbs on scales”. With no legitimate plans yet in place who knows how long it will be till a permanent solution is reached, no doubt by a consensus.

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The $125,000 Teacher – And Corporate Counterpart

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So – the school pays extraordinary wages for extraordinary results – and the whole community is obliged to work towards a goal. Of course there’s always Kirkpatrick – we can hide behind that canard, but in the end it’s a house of cards.

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TITHING FOR TEACHERS: FOR A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE, A LIFETIME OF TANGIBLE THANKS

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What does that say to teachers, the school and district and community? Next door, also teaching biology, the teacher is receiving $60,000 but based on voluntary ex-student contributions, her royalties are yielding an annualized, additional $12,000.

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WHEN YOUR LEARNERS ARE ENGINEERS… BETTER KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE

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Using pre-instruction, passing responsibility to learners to be ready for the lab, allowing the facilitator to quickly resolve areas of confusion and finally engage learners in the lab with the most critical and challenging aspects of the application made better use of time and left engineers with a sense of community and competence.

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THE CONFLICT BETWEEN SCHOOL START TIMES AND BIOLOGY: IF THE SUCCESS OF CHILDREN IS OUR GOAL, WHY DON’T WE ACT LIKE IT.

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Benefits to individuals, comity in the community, a tax burden shared as new ratables are attracted by great educational opportunity. And convinced any additional costs will have an equivalent improvement in student achievement now and in the future.

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Getting Close to the Ground

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If the story is well told and marketed in the right communities operations like this can sweep up those youngsters, single moms, potential petty criminals, people looking for a way up and out who were left behind. And I agree with the entire premise but for one prickly issue.

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ACCEPTING THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

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Tout every incremental success publicly, either within the organizational community or to the greater public. If someone isn’t whispering about the containment of unintended consequences along with features and benefits, the deal will crash at the first push back. Publish and announce all risk mitigation maneuvers.