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Pillars of Digital Leadership Series - Branding

A Principal's Reflections

This post is the third in a series that will outline the foundational elements of my new book, Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times. They know the value of a clearly communicated school brand and have benefited from the support of a well-defined brand in political and economic ways.

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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. Michael Fullan, 2002, p.

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Education for the 4th Industrial Revolution

A Principal's Reflections

Take this view from the World Economic Forum : We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In the updated edition of Digital Leadership , I took it a step further. It is exhilarating as it is terrifying.

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Change Comes From Within

A Principal's Reflections

Where there still is forced change turmoil, economic instability, and mistrust run rampant. It does not rely on someone being in a leadership position in a traditional sense, but more so on a desire to want to change professional practice. Change educational leadership Leadership Opinion' Forced change rarely works.

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Knowing Where We Are Paves the Way for Change: The Impact of Coaching

A Principal's Reflections

The stage was set over the summer for me to work six days in each of their three schools to assist with teaching, learning, and leadership associated with their 1:1 implementation. One, in particular, Charles Carpenter, who taught economics and history, took the feedback pretty hard as we saw a reasonably typical lesson being implemented.

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OPINION: Our system steers most students toward attending college, but it is not realistic or even desirable for everyone

The Hechinger Report

In order to meet the career-readiness needs of all students, not just those heading to college, schools at all levels should hire career counselors from diverse educational and economic backgrounds — including those with connections to more blue-collar occupations. Sign up for our higher education newsletter.

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Cultivating Dragon Fruit’s Political Power in Ecuador

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In the Ecuadorian Amazon, an anthropologist explores how the Shuar people are betting on dragon fruit cultivation to reclaim economic autonomy and political sovereignty. In Ecuador, this has created a boom that is changing the economic fortunes of many Indigenous Amazonians. This article was originally published at YES!

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