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Encouraging Student Activism After Parkland: Balancing Safety and Advocacy
In the wake of the shooting tragedy in Parkland, Fla., a familiar question has emerged: Will anything change?The pattern is, by now, tragicall...
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School Shooting Tragedies: Another Community Rocked by Senseless Events
Once again, America is reeling after a tragic school shooting.As the Washington Post reports, the attack in Florida is already the seventh this...
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Family Involvement: The Secret Sauce for Parent-School Relationships
Few educators would question the importance of strong family and school partnerships.Research has shown that a strong connection between the sc...
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Understanding Student Uniqueness: A Course Correction Perspective
Last month, I wrote about why competing in the new education marketplace requires district leaders to take a hard look within their own school syst...
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Simple Formula for Success: Dawkins' Approach to School Customer Service
As a retired superintendent turned adviser to schools, I’m fortunate to spend most of my days meeting with and talking to school leaders and educat...
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Screen Time Warnings: Addressing Child Technology Use in Schools
The time of ”no phones in class” may be coming to an end.Despite lingering concerns among some educators that smartphones and other portable c...
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SEL as Culture: Nashville Schools Go Beyond Strategy
Once considered an experimental approach by some, many educators and school leaders are now looking to social-emotional learning as a means to tran...
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Study: More Screen Time Linked to Increased Teen Depression
Is social media harming our children?It’s a question researchers, educators, and parents alike have been wrestling with since our cultural obse...
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Fostering Grit: The Impact of Providing Students an Audience
Grit, a term buzzing around educational circles, is defined as “firmness of mind and spirit; unyielding courage in the face of hardship,” according...