I knew that it was not enough to say, "Hey, we sent the message." Our responsibility is to know that the message is delivered and that it gets looked at.
Some district leaders may need to rethink enrollment goals as the homeschool-inspired learnings pods that families set up during the darkest days of COVID are becoming permanent.
Preparing students for constructive, committed, informed engagement in our democracy is the most important moral imperative facing school administrators today.
Rather than aiming to teach to the middle, we should build engagement by first building relationships with students and helping them find a sense of purpose.
Forcing schools to publish every detail of their curriculums online is most likely to smother instruction and demoralize teachers, superintendents say.
Students are most engaged in lessons that teachers say will help build creativity and allow self-expression while building strong relationships remains the top instructional practice.
