By Kevin Brown With school – and COVID-19 – well under way for the Fall 2020 academic semester, the country has seen school districts take a variety of measures ranging from a “business-as-usual” approach to a strictly online experience. Much of the nation’s focus has been on how to get students back into the classrooms, […]
By Grace Shelton @GraceCShelton In continuing our series on school leadership, this article discusses relevant research on principal effectiveness. More specifically, this article looks at how teacher and student perceptions of leadership can impact performance, and how principals primarily impact school climate in a way that makes all the difference to their ultimate success (or […]
By Kevin Brown COVID-19 & Virtual Learning: What Challenges Did Teachers Face? In a Wall Street Journal article titled “The Results Are In For Remote Learning: It Didn’t Work”, an in-depth review of the successes, failures, and challenges of distance learning is provided. A key theme of the article is the role that technology played in […]
By Grace Shelton @GraceCShelton In our previous school leadership posts, we have discussed how leadership matters. It matters a lot—school leaders need to be instructional gurus, assessment builders, community engagement experts, budget analysts, and much more. The role might appear easy to anyone outside of education, but all those within the education sphere know that […]
By Grace Shelton @Grace C Shelton It has become increasingly apparent that school leadership is the driving force of positive change in schools. Our previous posts on leadership focus on the importance of great principals. If principals and effective leadership are so important, what are some ways school leaders can ensure their success? What makes […]
