Updates regarding educational policy at the local, state, or federal level
I attended my first UCET in 2018. I had just come back from SXSWEDU week and I was on fire for more ideas and community. At the suggestion of my good friend, Quin Henderson, I headed to the University of Utah and joined the conference. I was excited to talk to a lot of the…
Editor’s Note: This the second in a series of blog posts reimagining how schools should move going forward. Taking to account the current state of K-12 schools, the increase in teachers and leaders leaving the field and the tools we have available to us. Check out the overview post here. During a recent panel at…
Editor’s Note: This the second in a series of blog posts reimagining how schools should move going forward. Taking to account the current state of K-12 schools, the increase in teachers and leaders leaving the field and the tools we have available to us. Check out the overview post here. This “Forward to Different” series…
Editor’s Note: This the first in a series of blog posts reimagining how schools should move going forward. Taking to account the current state of K-12 schools, the increase in teachers and leaders leaving the field, and the tools we have available to us. Check out the overview post here. There is a long-standing…
One of the problems with data, and K12’s reliance on it, is that data ages. And ages quickly. But public education, especially, in its quest for accountability has established itself around officially reported data that states require from school districts periodically through the year. The complexities of collecting, auditing, reporting, and responding to district-reported data…
Human resources, I’ve come to learn over my career, is as much about risk management as any OSHA policy, equipment maintenance, or investment strategy. A company may choose not to perform maintenance on its conveyor belt to save cash for a year or two, but the risk of that critical component failing and causing major…
Social emotional learning (SEL) has come under fire in some U.S. districts when, ironically, it appears to be needed most Christine Ravesi-Weinstein, an assistant principal in Massachusetts, is worried about her students. “2022 was without a doubt the most trying return to school we’ve ever experienced,” she said at a recent K12Leaders online event. “The…
Nationwide, it is called The Great Resignation. Sadly, our education community is not immune. Whether lured away by early retirement, opting for a career change, or as a result of waving the white flag, we are losing valuable employees and the K12 industry is struggling to fill empty positions left open by these professionals in…
I shared this the other day in response to a question on K12Leaders.com- “What should we leave behind as we look forward to school next fall?” My response was Whole class instruction…The idea that one size fits all has been disappearing for decades as the one red school house becomes a relic of the past…
While schools undoubtedly need some degree of accountability in order to assess effectiveness and identify areas for continual improvement, one of the major lessons from this past year of intermittent instruction was that effective education involves the entire learning community. Parents, libraries, and even municipalities all play significant roles in supporting kids’ learning. Unnecessary challenges…