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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: school leadership and district leadership.
Assessment
Opinion
Freeing Schools From Carnegie Units and Standardized Testing
Carnegie Units and the use of standardized tests are archaic models that accompanied us into this century. We would do well to shed them for a newer, and yes, better way to frame the education we offer students.
Assessment
Opinion
Grading Students' Work: Past or Future World? #TBT
How can we consider changing the tradition of grading without engaging in serious and respectful conversations with those advocating for it?
Education
Opinion
Leading Us Deeper Into 21st-Century Schools
Change is demanded by the times we live in, by those who are at the edge of the new economy and, most importantly, by the children who are arriving at school.
Education
Opinion
Do Superintendents Matter?
Each role in our systems plays a part in the success of students. But the tone and energy of the district flows from the CEO.
Education
Opinion
5 Steps Toward Solving the Inbox Paradox
Whether it is through to-do lists or mindfulness, leaders need to develop those habits that allow us to be present in the moment with the person or issue in front of us.
Education
Opinion
The Leadership Path Less Taken
Leaders must model respect and likeability. Teachers follow and then when students tend to like teachers who feel good about them, they become more engaged in learning.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Police, Racism, and Violence: What It Means for Us
The vigilant self-knowing that is being demanded from police is also one demanded of us.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
Teacher-Preparation Programs and Change #TBT
It will always be the responsibility of those in leadership to hire those graduates who are the best prepared and continue their education until they are ready to fly on their own.
School & District Management
Opinion
School Start Times Can Leverage Deeper Change
Take advantage of the interest in changing school schedules and roll the rest of what needs to change for 21st century learning into this conversation.
Science
Opinion
Girls and Technology: Painting a New Picture
Programming is a creative, social endeavor. Girls need to know that.
Science
Opinion
Plant the Seeds for Future Thanksgivings in Kindergarten
Child development and curriculum in classrooms should be inexorably linked. We both believe that as a basic tenet of all school design.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Leading Means Protecting the Children
If there is a leadership lesson buried in this mess, it is to listen to the children, take them seriously and don't hope for bad news to go away.
Education
Opinion
Principal as Leader #TBT
What is it that is needed in principals that has always been of value, but has become, in this century, a necessity?
Classroom Technology
Opinion
P-TECH Should Begin in Kindergarten
Apparently missing from the P-TECH movement is the awareness that it will reinforce and has the potential to widen the achievement gap in high schools.