Happy New Year!!

Thank you for checking out my newest New Year's resolution!  I've decided that I should practice what I preach every day at school/work.  People should embrace technology and learn to use it.  It's not going away anytime soon, so we might as well get used to it.  Therefore, I've asked my daughter to help me set up a blog so I can at least air my thoughts and, hopefully, discuss some topics about which I'm very passionate.  I work for a school district, and this is by no means meant to be a knock on any particular entity or institution.  Instead, it is simply a means to promote healthy dialogue about what can be done to improve education for students, in general.  I hope you'll feel free to offer your thoughts, but please be considerate of others' positions, situations, beliefs, and feelings.  I would like for these discussions to be professional, thought-provoking, and...civilized.

As for the name of the blog, my wife and daughter think I should explain what is meant by "Hawk and Mouse".  A few years ago, I worked in another district where my supervisor was interested in Native American culture.  At a leadership seminar, he talked about how many Native Americans believed that leadership should consider the roles of the hawk and the mouse.  The hawk flies high in the sky, sees the upcoming terrain, looks for opportunities, and anticipates problems.  Meanwhile, the mouse runs along the ground, tending to minute details, but also looks for opportunities and anticipates problems.  The two creatures are natural enemies and yet have the same goals, but they go about achieving them in very different ways. My blog would like to help people understand that within the field of education, we have both hawks and mice.  We have people who see the way things should be and the way things actually are.  I hope to see the two come together to make a difference for our students. 

I hope that you will join me on this journey and wish you all the best in the New Year!