Leadership
Education news, analysis, and opinion about effective school and district leadership
School & District Management
Opinion
Students Need Better Connections. To Wi-Fi, Yes, But Also to Teachers
We have to fix our digital divide, but let’s not lose sight of the relationship divide, writes one superintendent.
Student Well-Being
Thousands of Kids Lost Parents to COVID-19. Schools Must Prepare to Help the Grieving
While some may view the back-to-school season as a return to “normal,” for those students who’ve lost someone, it will feel anything but.
Budget & Finance
Opinion
Three Tips for Spending COVID-19 Funds in Evidence-Based Ways
If COVID-19 funds targeted for evidence-based practices are going to deliver, it's crucial to be clear on what evidence is actually helpful.
Student Well-Being
What the Research Says
Here's One Way to Keep School Buses Safe During the Pandemic
With nearly all students expected to return to campus in the fall, districts will face big challenges transporting large groups safely.
School & District Management
Opinion
A Crisis Sows Confusion. How District Leaders Can Be Clear in Their Messaging
Choosing a go-to source of information is a good starting point, but it doesn’t end there.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Q&A Collections: Challenging Normative Gender Culture in Education
Ten years of posts on supporting LGBTQ students and on questions around gender roles in education.
School & District Management
Opinion
COVID-19 Ripped Through Our Emotional Safety Net. Here’s How My District Responded
Three years after overhauling its approach to student mental health, one California district found itself facing a new crisis.
Leaders To Learn From
We are excited to reveal our 2021 Leaders To Learn From honorees. These cutting-edge district leaders met their students’ and staffs’ needs during the pandemic and other challenges.
1 / 10I don’t believe any of us have true success in solitude.
I want all teachers, including teachers of color, to be authentically themselves in the classroom.
Teachers are professionals, and they’re experts in their content and their grade level. They’re going to be the ones to tell us if it works or not.
We always say that parents are partners, not the problem. We get more done and we get more right when we are working in partnership with our parents.
If I can advocate for a school system and I can advocate for opportunities and exposure for our kids to make it better, I feel compelled to do it.
Part of my passion for what I do now is, people need to know that this exists. But I also know we need to handle it delicately because you don't want people to feel bad.
All of our kids are capable. We’re planting the seed that college is a possibility, and that life can be better.
I tell everybody, we have the technology infrastructure of a Fortune 500 company, even though we are very small in comparison.
[The PD course] is a desired activity versus a required activity. That has to be the sweetest piece of the system.
We don’t make decisions for them. We make decisions with them.
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Educators are deciding how best to re-establish routines such as everyday attendance, rebuild the relationships for resilient school communities, and center teaching and learning to consciously prioritize protecting the health and overall well-being of students
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When K-3 students return to classrooms this fall, there will be huge gaps in foundational reading skills. Does your school or district need a plan to address learning loss and accelerate student growth? In this
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Schools are welcoming students back into buildings for full-time in-person instruction in a few short weeks and now is the perfect time to take a hard look at both our practices and systems to build
Student Well-Being Nation's Pediatricians Call for All Students, Staff to Wear Masks in SchoolCountering recent guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control, the physicians say even vaccinated students should wear face coverings
School & District Management Opinion Superintendents Have Weathered a Lot of Vitriol This Year. What Have We Learned?The pandemic turned district leaders into pioneers, writes one superintendent. We had to band together to make it through.
Student Well-Being The Pandemic and Politics Made Life Especially Rough for LGBTQ Youth, Survey FindsMore than 80 percent of 13- to 24-year-olds who say they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning said 2020 was very hard.
School & District Management Opinion Critics Complain My District Doesn’t Really Need Relief Aid. If They Only Knew…District expenditures have ballooned in the pandemic, but many critics expect the opposite. How can leaders set the record straight?
School & District Management An Action Plan for Confronting Chronic Absenteeism This FallDistricts that have successfully tackled chronic absenteeism share seven key insights in this roadmap for the school year ahead.
School & District Management Opinion We Must Confront the Pandemic Within the Pandemic: RacismEven in a global crisis, racism found a way to raise its ugly head, writes one Virginia superintendent. How can district leaders respond?
Reading & Literacy
Spotlight
Spotlight on the Science of Reading 2021
In this Spotlight, review where the learning gaps are for those learning to read, determine if teachers are properly prepared and more.
Privacy & Security
Spotlight
Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Digital Safety
In this Spotlight, review ways you should be approaching student and system data, discover how others teach digital safety, and more.
Student Well-Being
Spotlight
Spotlight on Student Health & Safety
In this Spotlight, assess what the data says and how educators can play a part in protecting their students, and more.
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Teachers are looking for ways to successfully blend the technology adopted so widely during the pandemic and traditional in-person learning.
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School & District Management The Ultimate Summer Reading (and Listening) List for PrincipalsA curated list of books, articles, and podcasts to inspire (and entertain) school leaders.
Budget & Finance How Kids Benefit When Principals Get a Say in Spending Federal COVID-19 AidIn some districts, principals play a key role in targeting federal pandemic relief money, but in other places they're left out.
School & District Management From Our Research Center Half of Schools Have Urgent Cooling and Heating Concerns, Survey ShowsThe majority of educators strongly support federal investment in improving school facilities.
Equity & Diversity Video These Schools Served Black Students During Segregation. There's a Fight to Preserve ThemA look at how Black people managed to grow a solid middle class without access to so many of America’s public schools.
School & District Management In Abrupt Turnaround, California to Let School Districts Decide How to Enforce Mask RulesCalifornia officials issued a rule barring unmasked students from campuses, and then, hours later, rescinded that rule.
Budget & Finance Some School Districts Are Feeling COVID-19 Stimulus EnvyThousands of districts got little to nothing from recent federal stimulus aid, surfacing longstanding tensions over inadequate school funding.
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Madison, Wisconsin
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Madison, Wisconsin
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