Leadership
Leadership
The Savvy School Change LeaderTo travel widely in good schools is to meet many talented, dedicated leaders who are in over their heads. Not in terms of their skills but of their goals. They are adept at running their institutions but swamped by their commitments. They’ve embraced complex changes and lofty... Continue reading |
Redesigning Teacher Preparation Today for the Classrooms of TomorrowSeemingly everything about our schools is changing as America shifts from a national, analog, industrial economy to a global, digital, information economy–demographics, technology, curriculum, standards and testing. The skills and knowledge students need, as they compete for jobs with peers from... Continue reading |
Suggested ReadingTransforming Education: Delivering on our Promise to Every ChildThe Council of Chief State School Officers It is imperative that we transform the national education agenda so that each and every child may succeed.... Continue reading |
Student Learning is our WorkFor some time now, school leaders have come under fire to demonstrate greater accountability for the learning of all students. While there are pockets of educational excellence that exist, the preponderance of public schools are considered underperforming and that is unacceptable. Who is... Continue reading |
Surviving the New Age of AccountabilityThe first day of school for the Wickenburg Unified School District was August 8th – August 8th at 8:00 a.m., to be specific. At precisely 8:10 a.m., during a record heat wave in Arizona, the air conditioning units in Wickenburg High School went down. On the same day, we enrolled 100 more... Continue reading |