Recent Posts by Maury Cook

Child Development, the Bell Curve, and the Twenty First Century

I wrote a column recently about teaching our kids resilience and how to prepare them for the competitive world they have been born into. Those things are important, but where, I now ask, is that reality leading us? Read on. Isn’t it interesting how the world views the development of the child how and how…
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Pay Them (Teachers) And They Will Come!

When I graduated from college with my four-year degree in education back in 1988, my salary ($15,000) qualified me for food stamps and I was single. Today most starting salaries in education would place a family of 4 with one income on that same list. There is a lot of talk about the teacher shortage…
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The Power Of Positive Thought

Michael Jordan was cut from his basketball team around his sophomore year of high school. Imagine if he had listened to the person who told him he was not good enough and decided to play baseball instead. What would the outcome have been? Would Air Jordan exist? I wonder…. As our children head back to…
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