Amid the buzz, it's easy to lose sight of a critical truth: generative artificial intelligence has transformative potential but requires grounded leadership to unlock its value.

The best leaders are those who know their strengths, embrace their team's diversity and adapt their play to meet the moment. For the goal is never personal glory, but collective victory.

Too often, school board members point their fingers away from themselves, says this school board member. It's time for leadership to point the finger inward and ask, "What can we do better?"

Teacher unions across the state are using votes of no confidence in their superintendents—both formal and informal—to demonstrate growing dissatisfaction with leadership they argue is becoming more uncommunicative, inexperienced or out of touch with staff.