School Committee Candidate Announcement

Kristen For Kids

On Sunday The Lowell Sun carried an article by Jenn Myers that Kristen Ross-Sitcawich had thrown her hat in the ring for School Committee.  More candidates is a good thing.

The thing I really liked in the article in The Lowell Sun, and in particular this quote, was..

Our number one focus needs to be put squarely back into our classrooms; prioritizing our investment in data-driven initiatives, early learning, enrichment programming, all of which is central to our city's mission in building a solid economic base.

… the use of the term "data-driven".

Lord Kelvin, back in 1883, said:

When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind.

I worry that often when we are talking about educating our youth our knowledge is of the "meager and unsatisfactory kind".

Go visit Kristin's website, here.

Regards  —  Cliff