Leslie T. Fenwick has been praised as "a fearless voice in education on behalf of communities of color." As dean of the School of Education at Howard University in Washington, D.C., Fenwick has devoted her career to improving educational opportunity and outcomes for African-American and other underserved students from the elementary through graduate school levels. […]

Principal selection has not significantly changed since the 1950's and is often unsystematic. While the role of the principal has evolved greatly over the last 60 years, the methods used for selection have remained stagnant. In the 1950's, principals' duties centered primarily on staffing and facility management. Today, school principals may be responsible for tens […]

Bruce Hamilton, Program Director Á¢†" DestinyÁ‚® Resource Managerª Follett School Solutions Why is addressing resource management more important than ever for districts today? More and more superintendents are asked: Are we spending too much or too little? What did we spend it on? Did it do any good? It's important that students have textbooks, tablets […]

The U.S. public school system's focus on struggling students leaves high-achieversÁ'especially minorities, the economically disadvantaged and English-language learners Á'without a challenging enough education, experts say. A lack of federal funding and patchwork policies across states often leave decisions on identifying and serving gifted students to district administrators. An estimated 3 million to 5 million academically […]