Our Increasingly Troubled World Creates an Engaging Opportunity for Students
"Engage the world as a learner, and you will inevitably find yourself in a change situation." Will your school be prepared?
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April 28, 2019
February 03, 2019
Do Leaders Really Need to Be Content Experts?
Instructional leadership is easy to talk about but much more difficult to put into practice. And now leaders are being asked to be content experts, which is not the best use of their time and can lead to burnout. So, where do we start?
December 02, 2018
12 Areas School Leaders Should Focus on in 2019
2019 is quickly approaching. Here are 12 issues that leaders should have on their radar for the new year.
October 21, 2018
8 Super Important Words in Education That Are Literally Used in Different Ways
We love our educational words, but here are eight that are used on a daily basis by educators and leaders that can prove problematic for any school climate.
June 20, 2018
Collaborative Professionalism. We Can't Do It Alone.
Educators collaborate all of the time, but it doesn't mean that it results in meaningful work that impacts student learning. In their new book focusing on collaborative professionalism, Andy Hargreaves and Michael T. O'Connor provide us with research and some practical suggestions that will help us get a bigger bang for our buck.
April 15, 2018
Call To Action Or Blame Game? 3 Ways Schools Communicate With Families
During these times of accountability from our state we live in, or the social-emotional issues our students experience, family engagement is both a call to action, and a scapegoat depending on the conversation. It all comes down to how we communicate with them, and here are 3 that will help build that communication.
February 15, 2018
8 Critical Issues Facing Education in 2018
Education seems to lose the spotlight to presidential Tweets that aren't very presidential. However, there are eight critical issues that all educators, and those who value education, need to know about.
April 30, 2017
Does Your Coach Have Credibility?
Some leaders only focus on what to fix outward and never spend enough time looking inward to see what needs fixing first. Coaching can help that. A coach can help that, but in order for it to happen, the coach needs credibility.
March 28, 2017
What Was the Greatest Rivalry In Sports? Why Does It Still Matter?
The movie Hidden Figures exposed us all to a piece of our own history where women played an integral part. A new book reminds us of an important moment in sports where women were center stage, and more students need to know about it.
March 17, 2017
District Leaders Should Get Out of Their Office!
District leaders have long had the reputation for sitting in their ivory towers and making all the rules. Here are a few ways one district leader is shattering that myth.
The opinions expressed in Peter DeWitt's Finding Common Ground are strictly those of the author(s) and do not reflect the opinions or endorsement of Editorial Projects in Education, or any of its publications.
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