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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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: school leadership and district leadership.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 How Schools Teach Victims and Abusers: Leadership Lessons From Michigan State
We can read these stories of abuse and follow the press about the uncovering of these cases with shock and shake our heads. Or we can take a look inside schools and see how we teach children.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, January 28, 2018
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School Climate & Safety Opinion We Educate, Bullies, Victims, and Bystanders
We are in a difficult time. This time is one that we have no frame of reference. The polarization of sides, beliefs, values are extreme and are flaunted. We are called as educators to be awake and active.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, January 25, 2018
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Education Opinion How Do Leaders Use Compromise and Consensus?
Building consensus requires the leader to be certain everyone can let go, understand, agree, and support an idea. It is a social/emotional skill, not an administrative one.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, January 23, 2018
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Education Opinion In Defense of Personalized Learning: Leading by Example
Guest blog author Dr. Nicholas Bruski shares, "By analyzing structures, systems and procedures, leaders can create a more inclusive and engaging professional culture that ultimately supports positive change in our school systems."
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, January 21, 2018
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School Climate & Safety Opinion Your Moral Leadership Matters Now More Than Ever
We can contribute to the next generation of adults by circling the wagons and making sure each school environment is safely founded in a culture built upon courage, commitment, and empathy.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, January 18, 2018
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School & District Management Opinion Educating the 'Whole Child' Requires Courageous Leaders
Student achievement and educating the 'whole child' can be seen in actions schools take. For that, school leaders must have courage to lead away from hesitations.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, January 16, 2018
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Teaching Opinion Why Professional Development Fails
Unless there is consistent support and practice, with feedback and evaluation, too often what is read, experienced, and taught have only a moment's life span.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, January 14, 2018
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Student Achievement Opinion Why 'State Management' and Physical Activity Matter to Academic Achievement
Guest blog author Mike Kuczala writes, ""State management is managing the brain/body emotional states of learners. Not something we've normally been exposed to in our educational experiences as a learner, teacher or leader."
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, January 11, 2018
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College & Workforce Readiness Opinion Interviewing? Good Questions are Important. Careful Listening is Paramount.
Hiring is, arguably, the most important shared role of leaders and the governing body. It deserves and investment of time to listen openly and share perceptions and thoughts.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, January 9, 2018
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School & District Management Opinion How Does the Public Learn About Our Schools?
For all the conscious effort and good intention we put into establishing a communication system with the community, there will always be the other way they learn about us.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, January 4, 2018
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School Climate & Safety Opinion Can Schools Teach Bullies and Bystanders About Common Ground?
Then there are those children who choose to use bullying behaviors to meet their own needs. We need to develop alternative pathways for them.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, January 2, 2018
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Personalized Learning Opinion Loss of Freedom of Thought and Expression Threatens Schools
Limiting speech and access to information is the antithesis of our purpose in a free and open democracy. The limits being placed on the internet and on speech in the CDC will affect our work, certainly.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, December 21, 2017
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School & District Management Opinion Show Congress What Makes Teaching and Leading Schools Hard Work
In a school system, we must try to find the place where greatest common ground exists and maneuver form there to include everyone. And, as we write this, we wonder why legislators don't understand this better than anyone else.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, December 17, 2017
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Holidays Can Present Dual Realities for Children
Consider a time when we felt lonely or different from those around us. In that common moment, we can find answers for how to help these children feel seen and heard and understood.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, December 5, 2017
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5 min read
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