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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: school leadership and district leadership.

School Climate & Safety Opinion Leaders Must Navigate The Web of Systems Thinking and Relationships
Who better than an educational leader understands that schools are living systems with moving parts, events, changes, and challenges?
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, March 4, 2018
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School Climate & Safety Opinion Student Walkouts Are Happening. Now What?
Whether you personally support these walkouts or not, as a teacher or school administrator they are an opportunity to elevate student voice and action as powerful teachable moments.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, March 1, 2018
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School Climate & Safety Opinion What School Safety Means for Teachers
Students and teachers and all in schools deserve to be safe. It seems on this we all agree. How is the question where the agreement shreds.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 27, 2018
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School Climate & Safety Opinion Following the Latest School Shooting, Young People Take the Lead
One of the best ways to tap into young people's advocacy and activism is to engage with them early and often about current events generally. Young people read the headlines and hear the sound bites. They want to be part of the conversation, and should be.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 22, 2018
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School & District Management Opinion A Serious Misunderstanding About Special Education and Discipline Problems
We cannot allow this mixing of fact and fallacy about special education and discipline challenges to hang in the air without speaking out. We must be both ethical and active.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 20, 2018
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School Climate & Safety Opinion Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School: Children, Schools, Guns, Laws, & Leaders
Nikolas Cruz: No one ought to be surprised that his mind turned to violence and to aggression. In November, his adoptive mother died. Of course, that was a trigger but he was 19 and no intervention system was following him.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 18, 2018
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School & District Management Opinion Leaders Learning to Listen
Collaboration and careful listening to all stakeholders is a central skill of a successful leader.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 15, 2018
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Personalized Learning Opinion Do Students Understand What Teachers Are Asking of Them?
Guest blogger Jacob Lewis says, "I think sometimes the manner of communication creates a disconnect between teachers and students. There's no way language can communicate what it's like to think with my brain or to view an idea or concept exactly the way I do."
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 13, 2018
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Are Children Lazy?
Schools have no business judging children or their parents for behaviors we don't understand. Most educators find it their professional responsibility to discover why children don't meet expectations.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 11, 2018
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Teacher Preparation Opinion Essential Professional Development We Must Provide
We have a responsibility as educators to know and understand what is happening and provide an opportunity for our communities to learn and understand, and most importantly, create an awareness and understanding in the youngsters in our charge.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 8, 2018
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School Climate & Safety Opinion Can We Teach Acceptance and Compassion or Only Mandate It?
It is the one-sided approach to curriculum that allows the avoidance of helping students understand the experience of 'the other'. It is in these lessons that the power to effectively change the way people think and act toward each other exists.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 6, 2018
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School Climate & Safety Opinion Multiple Grades: The First Step to Improving Grading and Reporting
Guest blogger Thomas R. Guskey says, "Grading and reporting are more of a challenge in effective communication than simply a task of quantifying data on students' performance."
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 4, 2018
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Education Opinion Leadership Decisions Produce or Undermine Trust
How do you determine truth? When leaders are asked to make a determination about an incident between adults, between adults and children, or children and children how certain can one be?
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 1, 2018
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Leading and Teaching in an Equitable System
Daring to have real conversations with others holding different points of view is important. Practicing what we expect children to understand and do cannot happen with integrity unless we are practicing this ourselves.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, January 30, 2018
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4 min read
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