Leadership and Management

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Spotlight on Principals

Principals have long been seen as important to the success of schools. This Spotlight takes a closer look at effective school leadership and the challenges principals face.

Spotlight on Charter School Leadership

Successful charter schools come in many flavors, but many are especially concerned with developing effective leadership. This Spotlight examines the ways schools cultivate new leaders and the many strengths and skills those leaders must draw upon.

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Leader Talk Blog

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The stigma that surrounds educators publicly dissecting their own failures prevents performance improvement, write Craig Hochbein and Bradley Carpenter.
October 25, 2011 - Education Week
Schools blend face-to-face and online professional development, but traditional PD still plays a role.
October 24, 2011 - Education Week
Overbooked schedules and tight budgets are increasingly pushing K-12 administrators toward online professional development.
October 24, 2011 - Education Week
Apple's contribution to the professional growth of teachers far outweighs their cutting edge technology, write educators Patrick Ledesma and Laura Reasoner Jones.
October 18, 2011 - Education Week
A Pennsylvania school district has settled a lawsuit alleging that a principal illegally searched a student's cellphone and found nude pictures she had taken of herself.
October 17, 2011 - Digital Directions
Experts say improvements in school instructional cultures can keep some struggling minority kids out of special education.
October 12, 2011 - Teacher PD Sourcebook
House and Senate bills take different stances toward funding formula-grant programs and Obama administration initiatives.
October 11, 2011 - Education Week
Milton Chen considers Steve Jobs' vast contribution to the education landscape.
October 11, 2011 | Updated: March 24, 2012 - Education Week
Politicians, educators, and nonprofit leaders meet to discuss the importance of using data to support the college- and career-ready agenda.
October 6, 2011 - Education Week
Pledging additional support and oversight for city schools, Mayor Nutter and Pennsylvania's education secretary announced that change has come to the way the Philadelphia School District operates.
October 5, 2011 - McClatchy-Tribune

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