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In the last week, I’ve stopped kids walking down Bonner Street during school hours and asked them why they weren’t in school. The river of BS flowed freely out of their young mouths. My standard response goes something like this: “Do you want to grow up to be under-employed the rest of your life? Do [...]
Back in 2008 I wrote the following: I predict that within 3 years, Dayton’s Thurgood Marshall High School will be a school of first choice, much like the vaunted St. Ivers (I mean Stivers). And, I’ll be surprised if the parents of the students attending don’t know it as soon as this school year begins. [...]
I did a public records request to get the document that DPS signed off on with the 4-3 vote. Nowhere do I see any guarantees of performance for GE. I’m not a lawyer, nor am I an expert in tax increment financing districts- so I’m posting the entire document that was sent to me. I [...]
To the school board members, my firm, The Next Wave, is not under contract to do PR for you, we’re working on process improvement and improving enrollment. But, had we been giving PR advice- and trying to help you prepare for any future levy, we would have recommended a few things: Legislation that arrives on [...]
Some may think hell hath frozen over. Others may scream, rant and yell. But, to be fair- I’ve never been elected, I’m not a public figure, and believe it or not, my firm is damn good at what we do. Dayton Public Schools- the Superintendent Lori Ward with the approval knowledge (update) of the School [...]
On July 6, 2008. I introduced you to David Lawrence- the new principal of Thurgood Marshall High School in Dayton. I called him “the man with the plan.” He was taking over at the former Colonel White High School, in a brand new building with a plan to make TM into an academic academy of [...]
What happens when you send a Dayton kid from the West side to Antioch, and he becomes a school principal in a community that is a mash-up of Mexican immigrants, little Appalachia and throw in a smattering of black kids- a Social justice themed K-8 school that’s trying to change the world. Once again, I’m [...]
In today’s Dayton Daily News the story about DPS possibly outsourcing the busing of charter and private school students was missing one major piece of information: The bus drivers union voted resoundingly 2 weeks ago to reject the latest contract. What we have is an attempt at hardball union negotiating by DPS: Dayton Public Schools [...]
“No one is coming to save your kids. You’re going to have to save your own kids”- Geoffrey Canada speaking at UD to a packed house of people who want answers to how we’re going to teach our kids. Of course, the irony is- that’s why they asked Geoffrey here to speak- to tell us [...]
