In a previous post, I wrote about the need for school leaders to play the “long game” – visioning beyond standardized tests scores, archaic teacher evaluation systems and ranking schools based on test scores. As leaders, we need to constantly be standing at the edge of our organization and patrolling the border between “now” and […]
Archives for November 2016
Elevating the #edleadership conversation: What are the best questions to ask?
My curiosity on the topic of leadership and learner-centered environments was piqued this past week as I had the opportunity to participate in a convening of superintendents on personalized learning at the White House and Department of Education in Washington, DC. I have never been in a room with so many people thinking about and […]
Transforming education through personal transformation of #edleadership
As a practitioner, I know transforming an organization for deeper learning (moving from school-centered to learner-centered) is not easy. As an observer of my own practice and the practice of other educational organizations seeking transformation, there are many reasons why it’s difficult to gain momentum, some of which include instability in organizational leadership, volatility in […]
Are you keeping score?
In Pennsylvania, the Department of Education recently released School Performance Profile Scores to the public. Using a complex (and convoluted) formula, the SPP is designed to inform the public of the academic performance measures of a school through a single score. Around the same time as the release of the SPP, I read a post […]