Leadership 360
Leadership experts in the K-12 field Jill Berkowicz and Ann Myers wrote about challenges and possibilities for administrators in the 21st century. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: school leadership and district leadership.
School & District Management
Opinion
Schools Need More Reliable Research
Guest blogger Dr. J.M. Myers says, "The great risk to public education is that those knowledgeable professionals on the inside fail to be given the tools and authority to implement serious reform or fail to exercise a leadership role once given these tools."
School & District Management
Opinion
3 Thoughts for Leaders Developing Strong Followers
An organization is only as good as its leaders. It is also only as good as its followers.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
U.S. Supreme Court Defends Vulnerable Students
This Supreme Court's overturn of a Gorsuch decision reminds us that adults set limits and settle for the minimum. We can remain in the current practice or create new expectations by opening our own minds. Students deserve much better.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Ethics Are Essential for Everyone In Schools
We have to recognize the opportunity we have for a continued, systemic, shared responsibility to develop ethical action in our students.
School & District Management
Opinion
School Budgets: Choices Reveal Values
As in all things, frames of mind matter, collaboration matters, consensus matters, and as always, words matter. All of these are reflections of what the leader values.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Yoga and Mindfulness: Breaking Down Walls
Guest blogger Colin Lieu writes: "At a time where so much focus is placed on building walls - yoga and mindfulness offers pathways for students to realize they can break down walls of their own."
Education
Opinion
Healthy Leadership Requires Healthy Leaders
Body, mind, and spirit wellness provide the foundation for healthy leaders and through them healthy leadership.
School & District Management
Opinion
Before Broadcasting Your School's Brand, Do This
Branding, broadcasting, and promoting a school and district are an important part of the leader's role. There are steps to take before beginning.
Standards & Accountability
Opinion
3 Fundamental Qualities of a Successful School Leader
Principals, and all other school leaders, will find success when their work is based on these 3 fundamental qualities.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Teaching the Power of Words
There are certain speeches and poems and letters with words so well connected that they always move minds and hearts. When and why did we stop requiring students to read, recite, and memorize those words?
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
As Science and Technology Push Forward, Ethics Must Follow
The young geniuses who sit in today's classrooms are filled with questions and waiting to discover answers. They need others to join them and create the ethical boundaries of their discoveries.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Schools and the Arts: An Investment in Civilization
Schools' investment in the arts is a contribution to our society and it is important work. The arts are central to the human experience.
School & District Management
Opinion
Leaders, Are You Surviving or Flourishing?
We cannot come to our work tired, or sick, spiritually or physically. We must take care of each part of us that is required to be present in our work.
School & District Management
Opinion
After Standardized Testing--Then What?
It is important to fight for the reduction of standardized testing required. At the same time educators need the time and energy to spend on developing ways to monitor how students are developing those other skills and capacities.