I must confess that my memory is beginning to slip. I can’t, for example, recall whether Walter Cronkite was trusted slightly more, or slightly less than God. What is certain is that a 1972 Oliver Quayle Research survey found the legendary CBS news anchor to be “the most trusted man in America.” So…

With Spring Break now behind us, we’ve entered that portion of the school calendar thought of by many as the ‘home stretch’. Memorial Day is suddenly less than six weeks away, and the finish line is rounding into view. Though in actuality this is one of the longest uninterrupted stretches of the school year,…

Last week I had the pleasure of participating in the annual winter meeting of the Council for American Private Education (CAPE). CAPE is to private schools, nationally, what CAPSO is to private schools in California. Which is to say it is an “organization of organizations” whose members reflect the rich diversity resident within…

A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege and pleasure of spending 45 minutes conversing with charter school champion and deep thinker Eric Premack. In addition to playing a central role in drafting California’s charter school law, funding system and policies, Mr. Premack has been a national education thought leader and front line…

There was a time, not long ago, when the arrival of new occupants in the house next door, across the street, or down the road would automatically trigger the baking of apple pies, peach cobblers and cherry turnovers. These edible tokens of greeting might be placed on the newcomers’ doorsteps with an accompanying note…