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It’s the heart of summer, and for many students that means vacation and sports—and, of course, camps.Family and community-run activities allow ...

You see it on the news almost daily. Footage of some kid (or some adult) wandering across the street, holding a smartphone, arms open wide, reachin...

It’s a fact of public school life: Senior staff turnover happens.In urban school districts, the average superintendent tenure is 3 years, and t...

Let’s be clear: Education is not a business—at least it shouldn’t be.Our public schools serve an important purpose—maybe the most important pur...

“Do your homework.” “Get good grades.” “Think about your future.”We all remember the chorus of demands our parents and teachers heaped on us gr...

Do me a favor. Pull your strategic plan down off the shelf and flip to the section on community engagement. When you wrote this months ago, everyth...

You spend more time than you'd care to admit thinking about how to engage your community. Listening and responding to parents and teachers is criti...

Every school board member makes promises. Promises to change the way students learn. Promises to be more transparent about how the district spends ...

Imagine: You're the head of a large urban school district. The Education Department hands down a new policy directive. You act swiftly and with the...