Who says blogging is easy...?

Somehow, though not surprisingly, two months have slipped by since my last post. With A P exams, MCAS, Graduation and all of the usual year end activities it seemed difficult to find time to write about what was going on. Interestingly, whenever I was motivated to post something I did not have the time to do it. When I had the time, the motivation was nowhere to be found.

One might think now that the school year has come to an end, that I would have more time for other pursuits such as blogging. However, sadly that is not the case. As soon as we wrap up the last school year, we take a deep breath and a few days off and then it is back to work preparing for the new school year. Such is the cyclical nature of the education business. And the best part is looking forward to the start of school in September when everything is fresh and clean, students are reasonably eager to get back to a familiar routine and the excitement of another year begins.

So, this summer while we are working to prepare for another year, I hope to write about some of the issues with which I will be dealing such as the shifting demographics of the Lower Cape, regionalization, creating more ways to integrate aspects of engineering into our science, technology and mathematics curricula, infusing more creativity and innovation across our curriculum, and ways to incorporate 21st century skills in virtually everything we do in our school.

I am currently reading an interesting book written by Sir Ken Robinson entitled The Element, subtitled How Finding your Passion Changes Everything. It is a fascinating book about how schools tend to stifle creativity, why that is a bad thing, and what we can do about it. I am looking forward to hearing him speak at a conference in a few weeks. I will certainly react to what I hear from Dr. Robinson in this space at a later date. If you are interested you can view a captivating brief speech he gave a few years ago by visiting the TED site at: http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

Let me know what you think.