The Beginnings: Students Teach Peers & The Community A few years ago, I had the great privilege of taking on a leadership role at a school site in which the surrounding neighborhood had a poverty rate of three times the national average. I had done a great amount of research on the digital divide, and […]
Don’t Blame the Teacher Innovation in an organization requires an environment that cultivates growth. If a plant fails to thrive, we do not blame the plant. Rather, we adjust the conditions where it has been planted. Similarly, we cannot expect teachers to innovate if we do not foster a culture that supports them. Teachers who […]
Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic I sometimes hear people advocate for the need for the educational system to go “back to basics”, with a primary focus on reading, writing, and arithmetic. This verbiage often comes from non-educators, yet just as often I witness educators who consistently place importance on English language arts and mathematics content above […]
Bridging the Divide A buzzword in education only a few short years ago was the “Digital Divide”, a research backed reality reflecting the fact that communities, districts, schools, and students were in a category of “haves”, “have nots”, or somewhere in between in regards to equitable access to technological devices at home and/or at school. […]
Servant Leadership Open up a news app or social media stream and it becomes clear that we are living in a world that lacks empathy. We ask students to engage in respectful discourse, to back up their claims with evidence, but do we practice what we preach? Leadership is about service. It is very easy […]
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