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In the past few weeks there has been much discussion in our state regarding education reform.  School Leadership Teams statewide have met time and time again to develop "Scopes of Work" to spend the Federal Race to the Top funds recently awarded to our state.  In Lynchburg our administrators have been asking some difficult questions. 

In my study and research on the topic of education reform I ran across this article/essay on the internet and wanted to share it with everyone.  This article was not written recently, but I believe most of its points remain valid.

A Personal Vision of a Good School

BY ROLAND S. BARTH

IN THE PAST two decades, we educators have seen the major question before us shift from the depressing "Do schools make any difference?" to the far more hopeful one, "What characteristics of schools are associated with what desirable outcomes for students, teachers, and principals?" Everyone seems to have a distinctive response...

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I ran across this quote by Vince Lombardi the other night, and wanted to be able to share it in some way:

"Unless a man believes in himself and makes a total commitment to his career and puts everything he has into it-his mind, his body and his heart-what is life worth to him? If I were a salesman, I would make this commitment to my company, to the product and most of all, to myself." - Vince Lombardi