Archive for the Education Category

Building Arizona’s Future: Jobs, Innovation and Competitiveness

This past April I attended the 96th Arizona Town Hall in Tucson Arizona.  The New Economy: A Guide For Arizona serves as background information on th

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ASU Administrative Bloat Part of Higher Cost?

The Goldwater Institute recently released "Administrative Bloat at America Universities: The Real Reason for High Costs in Higher Education".  It sho

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The World is Changing and so is our Economy

We might be in the midst of a recession, but I don't think we have seen anything yet.  Most of America is not willing to acknowledge a few key concep

Community, Education, Personal

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Sunday Book Review: The Great Reset by Richard Florida

The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity by Richard Florida My rating: 4 of 5 stars Richard Florida return

Community, Creativity, Education, Sunday Book Review

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Chandler Chamber : State of the Schools Luncheon

I have been slow in getting down content I have been collecting. I am trying to change that but I just hate writing. Recently I attended the Chandle

AZ, Chandler, Community, Education

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Civic Duty: Respond to the Census

You should have received your 2010 US Census in the mail recently.  I have seen people make fun of the postal mail telling you to be looking for it a

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Jaime Escalante Thank You For Believing In Kids The System Gave Up On

Jaime Escalante was an immigrant from Bolivia that would not accept that students in his classes at Garfield Highschool in Los Angeles, CA were not ca

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AZ Technology Council Forum

Some cool stuff AZ Tech Council is doing that came up at the AZ Tech Council forum. CEO Network Mentoring Program Political Action Committee 520

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Oblivious To The Things You Do

Sometimes when you are in the heat of doing things you become completely oblivious to how things are being perceived by others.  At AgileOpenNorthwes

Agile, Education, Gangplank, Integrum, Personal

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Encouraging Institutional Innovation By Changing How We Educate

John Hagel's Edge Perspectives has an excellent article on challenging mindsets from reverse innovation to innovation blowback. It reinforces our min

Creativity, Education, Gangplank

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