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Is your child losing momentum in reading?

“Our son lost momentum when he went to all virtual schooling due to COVID. He soon fell behind in reading, and now he has lost interest…” Parents of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-grade students all over the country are feeling and saying the same thing.  COVID, and the disruption to the 2020 and 2021 school years, has been devastating to too many kids and too many families.  Now, many parents are asking the question, “Now what?  How do we catch up?  How do we get out of this crisis?” About 17 years ago I went through this personal family crisis with…

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Disruption: What is it really?

You hear a lot about “disruption” these days. Everybody wants to be a disruptor, or so they say. But what does disruption really mean? Is it good? Is it bad? Or does that all depend upon the parties affected and involved? People seem to think disruption is inherently good. People like the concept. It seems almost… a little bit rebellious. And who doesn’t like a little good old-fashioned rebellion to mix things up now and again? Life would be so boring without an occasional jolt of “across the grain” thinking and doing. So is the term “disruptor” just a euphemism…

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