Learn, Teach, Love

Face the brutal facts!

Beth Blaufuss contributed to this week's Partnership blog.  I first heard of Admiral Stockdale's Paradox when I read Good the Great by Jim Collins.  He developed the theory during his 7 years as a prisoner of war in Viet Nam.  While firmly believing in his ultimate release, unlike many of his fellow prisoners, he knew they were not getting out by Christmas!

Cautionary Tales

One of my favorite podcasts is by Tim Harford entitled Cautionary Tales. Before he begins his second season this year he is doing a series of cautionary tales to help make sense of the world pandemic.  The episode, A Tsunami of Misery examines the reality of taking action

against an urgent danger can also cause longer term ills.  Many choices facing us are not black or white, but rather "double binds" which are situations in which a person is confronted with a choice between two undesirable courses of action.  Whether to have classes in person or online (or hybrid) might be seen as a double bind.  Exposing staff and children to the possibilty of infection and even death v. online remote learning.  Is it really a choice between death and life?  After I heard A Tsunami of Misery I gained a new perspective.  Our mission remains to learn, teach and love.  How we go about accomplishing that mission is going to take incredible faith, agile planning, and willingness to try anything that works!

History made and in the making!

As I get more immersed in our new venture, I have discovered so much history

of  Cleveland that I knew little about.  This link explains the long history of the southeast side of Cleveland's Catholic community and a brief bio of Bishop Lyke (he became Archbishop when he was assigned to Atlanta).

Meanwhile the staffs of both schools met briefly in downtown Cleveland on July 22 to celebrate our history making collaboration.  July 22, 2020 was the 224th birthday of the City of Cleveland and now the birth announcement day of Partnership Schools Cleveland!

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To learn more or talk more about Partnership Schools Cleveland please contact me at richard.clark@partnershipcle.org.  We are planning digital events, digital and real tours!