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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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: school leadership and district leadership.

Education Opinion 3 Essentials for Change Leaders
One of the most challenging leadership responsibilities may be communicating to external audiences and rally people to support the movement forward.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, March 5, 2017
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Education Opinion Balancing Work and Family
If we want to be strong and effective leaders, stepping back and gaining balance is the heart remedy.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, March 2, 2017
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School & District Management Opinion Leading With Care for Those Who Oppose
In school communities, there are almost always differences of opinions that become hotly contested. We can and must be smarter and not overlook the 'other side'.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 28, 2017
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School Climate & Safety Opinion What Bathroom Will Your Transgender Students Use?
No matter the federal decision, let's join as educators and advocate that rights assured remain. These are our children.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 26, 2017
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School Climate & Safety Opinion STEM For Our Students and Our Economy
What is essential about this type of learning is that it is not only the basis for preparation for college and career; it is the basis for how science, technology, engineering, and math live in the world beyond academia.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 23, 2017
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School Climate & Safety Opinion Is 'Should Guns Be Allowed in Schools' the Right Question?
Before deciding whether guns have a place in schools, it is best we come to agree on what question and what threat guns in schools is answering and solving.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 21, 2017
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School & District Management Opinion No Complaints: Devos Criticized Them and DC Teachers Spoke Out
Action not only makes a difference in others, it fuels the actors with hope and purpose.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 19, 2017
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Science Opinion Spatial Skills: A Neglected Dimension of Early STEM Education
Guest bloggers Tamara Spiewak Toub, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, & Roberta Golinkoff encourage families, educators, and policymakers to make spatial skills a key part of all discussions of early STEM development.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 16, 2017
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Student Well-Being & Movement Opinion How Does Silencing Talk About Current Events Educate Students?
This is a moment in our history when educators must show up and demonstrate what public education is about. It is not about quieting voices.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 14, 2017
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Curriculum Opinion Why Schools Must Engender Moral and Ethical Behavior
The job of teaching ethics now belongs to everyone who comes in contact with children.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 12, 2017
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Student Achievement Opinion Six Questions That Counter the Fear of Vouchers
Even if speaking up and fighting against vouchers is your calling ( and we need voices doing that) , it is still worth looking inward.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 9, 2017
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Waking Up to the Truth About Race
In order to understand the business of bias and race, we have to begin to understand how deeply it is woven into the practices of our society.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 7, 2017
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Assessment Opinion Where Does Homework Fit Into the Big Picture?
No matter whether homework is the opener of the conversation or some other topic is catalytic to a reflection on current practice how things fit into the bigger picture has to be considered.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 5, 2017
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School & District Management Opinion Reimagining American Education
Josh Schachter writes, "Imagine if we woke up every day seeing and engaging with the world as if it is a series of small learning experiments."
Josh Schachter, February 2, 2017
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