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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: school leadership and district leadership.

Special Education Opinion The Challenge of Leading in a Profession Where Labels Matter
The difficulty lies in mediating the arbitrary, but important landmark standards, and the variability of children's readiness to meet them without the adults using labels to separate.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, April 10, 2018
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School & District Management Opinion 10 Step Process to Evaluate Non-Instructional Technology
We are not suggesting that there is one system that is the answer. Rather we are suggesting that it is time for many to stop and assess the systems that are being used, how they are being used and if there is a better way.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, April 8, 2018
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Student Achievement Opinion How Architecture Affects Learning
Many of today's schools in the U.S. were built 50-60 years ago. These buildings weren't designed for change - they're very static places. This has become a big problem for the U.S. since education looks very different today and continues to evolve, as it should.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, April 5, 2018
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College & Workforce Readiness Opinion Two Fantastic Examples of How Technology Changes Teaching and Learning
The professional conscience of every great educator guides them to prepare children with an education that develops the skills and knowledge to be successful in the world. Not our current world, mind you, but the one in which they will live as graduates of our systems.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, March 29, 2018
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Are There Unseen Children In Your School?
What do we know, what can we be sure of, and what do we need to learn about how it feels to be a child in our schools?
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, March 27, 2018
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School & District Management Opinion Responding to Student Activism
While school leaders are focused on the obligation to keep students safe, these opportunities allow us to continue educating students about both following rules and regulations and civil disobedience.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, March 24, 2018
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School & District Management Opinion Leaders Who Don't Fear Failure Become Change Agents
In order for a new kind of leadership and a new kind of school to arise, fear of failure must be conquered and a vision for the change mastered. The fear of failure is not only to be mediated by the leader her- or him- self, but be spread throughout the system.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, March 22, 2018
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Classroom Technology Opinion Stop Bullying: Schools Can Hold Hope
Twitter wars of the adults have become unhinged. Now instead of pointing to adult behavior as a model for proper behavior, we have none. It is up to schools to make a difference.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, March 20, 2018
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School Climate & Safety Opinion The Ever-Evolving Role of Pupil Personnel Service Providers
Guest blogger Christopher Wojeski, Ed.D says, "Few are trained to address calamity. Nevertheless, maintaining composure, fortitude and optimism is paramount when helping our students and school community constituents devise solutions to issues and cope with anguish."
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, March 18, 2018
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Equity & Diversity Opinion New Voices Rising: Students Demand Change After Parkland Shooting
This is not a time to watch the news in shock only. In moments when we allow ourselves to become students of leadership, we realize we are living in a time rich in its lessons.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, March 15, 2018
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School Choice & Charters Opinion Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' '60 Minutes' Interview Should Motivate Us
While this uninformed Cabinet Secretary who is supposed to care about everyone's kids wreaks havoc on our reputations and dismantles some of the best regulation we have seen in years, school leaders can step out and up.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, March 13, 2018
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School & District Management Opinion Building a Collaborative Learning Organization
When the leader sees her- him-self as the overseer of a complex ecosystem things can begin to change.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, March 11, 2018
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School Climate & Safety Opinion No Guns For Teachers!
It is unthinkable to ask educators who are motivators, caretakers, designers of learning opportunities, collaborators, and creators to be prepared to shoot and kill another human being. It doesn't fit.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, March 8, 2018
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School Climate & Safety Opinion Don't Let STEM Become a Fad
STE(A)M can be a program or a club or a teacher or a class but if it remains at hose incidental moments, it will be just another fad and will be short lived. It can also be the way schools build their system of teaching and learning. If that happens, it will have staying power.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, March 6, 2018
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