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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: school leadership and district leadership.

Teaching Profession Opinion Teachers Are First Responders
Educators work with children each and every day, prepared to put their own lives on the line, to protect the children.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, May 28, 2013
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Women Lead!
We have much farther to go before issues of equality for women and minorities can be laid to rest in this country.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, May 26, 2013
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School Climate & Safety Opinion Anti-Gay Violence Should Be Our Call to Action
If we can make a commitment to eradicate anti-homosexual slurs and to counsel those who make them to understand the root of their attack...we have begun to address our responsibilities.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, May 23, 2013
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Education Opinion Leading in a Democracy
School Boards functioning at the highest level model democracy in action.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, May 21, 2013
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School & District Management Opinion Loyalty Does Not Mean Silence!
When the disillusioned leader calls silence loyalty, truth is lost. In business, profits suffer or ethics. In education, children suffer.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, May 19, 2013
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Assessment Opinion Can We Take a Tylenol® for the Madness?
We have endured the tests. Now we must plan for the reaction to the scores. Tisch and others should stand up with us and join us in navigating the turbulence caused by this change.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, May 16, 2013
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Assessment Opinion We Need Leaders, Not Mudslingers!
We have had much to say about the new tests and policy makers who are not listening. But we should have no interest in mudslinging toward those who see things differently.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, May 14, 2013
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Education Opinion Leaders and Forgiveness
How do we place a betrayal of trust in a whole life story? What is the proper balance between punishment and forgiveness?
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, May 12, 2013
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Assessment Opinion Let the Tests Become the Platform
We are called to be "the ministers of the tests". It is not a high calling but we cannot change that. We can, however, be wiser than we were.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, May 9, 2013
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Curriculum Opinion STEM Possibilities
As leaders we must consider everything and continue to be sure we lead programming that prepares our students for every possibility. We must invest in what we understand and we can't possibly understand... the unknown world in which they will spend their earning years.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, May 7, 2013
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Assessment Opinion Can We Solve All the Problems...Or Even One?
The focus on tests, accountability, and evaluations is consuming, but we cannot lose sight of the big picture. No single measure will be the solution to a problem. We need ideas and partners.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, May 5, 2013
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Assessment Opinion Saving Childhood
We want to save some sense for our students that childhood is different from adulthood. It is a special time, safe and loving, not a rehearsal for the stress of adulthood.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, May 2, 2013
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Early Childhood Opinion Early-Childhood Education: Policy, Research, and Funding, or Fad?
Educational data and neuroscience both agree that the early years have significant influence on later school and life success. What are we waiting for?
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, April 30, 2013
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Teaching Profession Opinion Next-Generation Leadership
Our next generation leaders are in our classrooms. Which ones will serve us best in these times?
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, April 28, 2013
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