Television is filled with adds that promise to cure your life of all problems. Need to loose weight, buy this program; have wrinkles, use this product; in debt, call this company; need a lawyer, call this agency. As an athlete, musician and person in general, I have learned that there are no easy solutions. Getting better requires working hard and putting in the time and energy.
I strongly believe that relationships are the most important thing in life. In a school setting, this includes relationships between administration and teachers, teachers and parents, administration and parents, teachers and students and school and community.
Our society is obsessed with finding the magic pill that will cure all of our problems. Technology, curriculum and programs are not going to fix education. If that was possible, one of the thousand curriculums or programs that has come along would have fixed education a long time ago.
Relationships fix schools. Creating a positive atmosphere full of learning and fun fixes schools. In a day full of technology and resources, I am amazed at the lack of communication between schools and the community. I tend to simplify things, but I truly believe that if we fix the relationships associated with schools, we will fix our schools.
We need to stop spending time looking at new programs and curriculum and instead we need to invest that time with our students and the stake holders of our schools.
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