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Revolutionizing School Leadership: A Grocery Store Billionaire's Vision
How much does good school leadership cost?Try $100 million—at least, according to one Texas businessman.Last week, Charles Butt, CEO of the...
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Butting Heads with Your School Board? Strategies for Productivity
It’s never a good sign when a superintendent sues her own school board.Last week, Renee Foose, superintendent at Howard County Public Schools i...
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High-Speed Learning: Progress and Challenges in Education
America’s schools are more connected than ever.That’s according to the second annual State of the States report on school internet access relea...
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Understanding Millennials: Key to Fighting Teacher Attrition
With a nearly eight-percent national teacher attrition rate, schools across the country are looking for better ways to keep teachers engaged in the...
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Time to Revise Class Participation Approaches: A Call for Change
I’m an introvert.I get anxious just thinking about speaking in front of a large crowd or making small talk with people I don’t know. It’s why I...
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Innovation Necessity: Preparing Schools for Oncoming Competition
Van White is ready to fight for his schools.The president of the Rochester City Board of Education in New York says that to stay competitive in...
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Ensuring Anti-Bullying Success: 4 Strategies for Effective Campaigns
Rachel Joy Scott is not a household name, but millions of people have heard her story.Rachel was the first student killed in the 1999 Columbine...
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3 Keys to Robust Local Accountability Planning in School Districts
When the Texas Education Agency released its preliminary A-F ratings for schools recently, a lot of educators--and parents and students, for that m...
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What’s Old is New Again: Evolving Trends in Education
[caption id="attachment_2326" align="alignright" width="150"] Peter DeWitt[/caption]The more things change, the more they stay the same.Des...