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Local Districts and National Groups Advocate for Public Schools
When Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten toured a public school in rural Ohio’s Van Wert...
Asking appropriate questions for any occasion: The right approach.
[caption id="attachment_6016" align="alignright" width="133"] Bryan Dillon, public information officer, Clover School District[/caption]At the ...
Building Trust Through Listening: 4 Approaches for Schools
Only 20 percent of parents feel fully engaged in their child’s school, according to a 2015 Gallup Survey.That number doesn’t bode well for scho...
Students Are Stressed: Nurturing Empathy for Effective Help
Students are more stressed than ever.As students face more social, technological, and academic pressures, anxiety is taking both a physical and...
Staying Competitive: Building a Stronger School Brand
[caption id="attachment_2326" align="alignright" width="150"] Eric Sheninger[/caption]Do you own your school brand, or do you let others dictat...
Market Share Dynamics: Superintendent Challenges in Ensuring Safe Leadership
We don’t like to think of our schools as political--and for good reason. But anybody that has ever run a school or school district will tell you th...
Maiers: Refocusing School Brands for Relevance and Avoiding Obsolescence
[caption id="attachment_2326" align="alignright" width="150"] Angela Maiers[/caption]Schools have lost sight of their mission. If they don’t se...
Principal Resume Fraud Uncovered: Students' Role in Revealing Truth
Intrepid investigative journalists discover a rising leader has lied about his or her record. Despite dismissing the reporters’ claims, the leader ...
Impact of School Choice on Rural America: A Comprehensive Examination
Two separate states debated important pieces of school choice legislation last week—with two very different outcomes.In Arizona, Gov. Doug Duce...