The Ongoing Conversation of the LYS Nation

Friday, May 18, 2012 You Never Know Who Might Visit LYS Campuses are known for doing great things.  Start doing something extraordinary and you will attract attention.  Case in point, in a little more than a semester, new LYS campuses Hutto Elementary School and Hutto High School have made sign...

Thursday, May 17, 2012 A New LYS Principal Asks... Fundamental 5 Targets A New LYS Principal asks the following:SC, Attached you will find our PowerWalks data. We will significantly improve the number of walk-thru’s we will perform for the remainder of the year as I purchased an iPad2 for each of our assistant pr...

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 A Reader Writes... Stupidity Masquerading as Reform - Part 1 In response to the 11/9/11 post, “Stupidity Masquerading as Reform,” a LYS Teacher writes:SC,You are so right on the importance of observing strong, effective teachers.  I think that it provides invaluable information for administrators as...

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 A Reader Writes... Increasing Time on Task - Part 3 In response to the 4/11/2012 post, “Increasing Time on Task – The Master Schedule,” a reader writes:SCIn my school district the middle and high schools are on an 8-period, 50-minute day for 70,800 annual instructional minutes. Just for availa...