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School Leadership in the Common Core Era

A Principal's Reflections

Leaders who have deeper and more lasting impact provide more comprehensive leadership than focusing just on higher standards. Public schools are attended by students from various cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic backgrounds, having different assessed levels of cognitive and academic ability. The change leader.

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What My Parents Taught Me About Leadership

A Principal's Reflections

On the other hand, I really want to focus on what my parents taught me about leadership throughout my 41 years of life. It must have been the perfect storm of just finishing talking about leadership and guilt that provided the motivation for this post. Shared sacrifice – Nothing epitomizes servant leadership than shared sacrifice.

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Change is a Mindset

A Principal's Reflections

For many years New Milford High School was just like virtually every other public school in this country defined solely by traditional indicators of success such as standardized test scores, graduation rates, and acceptances to four year colleges. Leadership is about action, not position or ideas that just get pushed around.

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The Ultimate Gift For an Educator

A Principal's Reflections

Image credit: [link] This is how I felt for basically all of my fourteen years as a public school educator. No way, but all my decisions were based on doing what was best for students and creating a school that worked better for them than for us as the adults. Did I always succeed? ALL OF YOU ARE HAVING AN IMPACT!

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OPINION: Want to improve our public schools? Create an impressive principal pipeline

The Hechinger Report

No one can deny the pandemic’s devastating impact on America’s public schools. The public appreciates and understands the important role that CEOs, college presidents and other leaders play in the success of their organizations. They advocate for the needs of students in front of district leaders and school board members.

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She gave up on public schools that rejected her bold ideas a decade ago. Now she’s back.

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: Ten years ago, Courtney Dickinson wanted to create an innovative public school. She had a teaching degree and while she never got a job as a teacher, she had a lot of ideas about how schools should operate. Pyne Arts Magnet School in Lowell. Weekly Update. Future of Learning.

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SUPERINTENDENT VOICE: As a Latina, my leadership sets me apart and gives me a chance to set an example

The Hechinger Report

In the United States today, 9 out of 10 school superintendents are white and two-thirds are white men. As a Latina, my leadership isn’t often expected, nor is it always welcome. I urge fellow superintendents from all racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to act now. teachers and principals.