What makes a great principal? Are college donors too influential? Can video gaming lead to a real career? How to tell students, parents, and the public about sexual assault on campus? Ellen’s written about all this and more. After eight years at an education association magazine — and some 70 articles on career change — she knows her stuff.
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Selected Education Articles
- Read-to-a-dog programs increase children’s vocabulary, comprehension, and confidence (Costco Connection)
- How one campus’s stakeholders are literally trying to change the world through its capital campaign (CASE Currents)
- How to rev up a capital campaign with tired supporters or recharge a flagging one (CASE Currents)
- How to be a visible principal and support student learning (ASCD Education Update)
- Video gaming — a legitimate major for a real career (USNews.com)
- How independent schools can tap the homeschool market (NAIS)
- How much are major donors influencing higher education? (University Business)
- Raising grant money from small and regional foundations (CASE Currents)
- Communicating about campus sexual assault (CASE Currents)
Selected Career-Change Articles
- This couple left corporations, overcame errors, became “sweet” entrepreneurs (PBS Next Avenue)
- Bankers come from farms, furniture stores, the Air Force, and Shoney’s (Independent Banker)
- Do’s and don’ts for career changers at community colleges (USNews.com)
- A fresh start for three in different fields (The Washingtonian)
- “Getting Ahead” was a five-year series of monthly pieces on people who changed careers and the educational programs that made it possible.
- From lawyer to artist (Washington Post Express)
- From barber to florist (Washington Post Express)
- From security contractor to personal trainer (Washington Post Express)
- From religious educator to trapeze artist (Washington Post Express)