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The Corporate Takeover of Public Education

Diann Woodard | Posted 06.06.2013 | Politics
Diann Woodard

Will they create a world of equal opportunity that is the spirit animating our nation's education professionals? Or will they create a world to their liking in which parents and professional educators will have little or any voice?

Why School Culture Matters, and How to Improve It

Michael Haberman | Posted 06.10.2013 | Impact
Michael Haberman

Obviously, school leaders can't always mimic businesses -- but they can learn from them. When business leaders teach principals the skills that they use to build a strong organizational culture, school leaders can completely transform their schools.

Taking a Charter Network to Scale: IDEA Public Schools

Robert E. Slavin | Posted 05.21.2013 | Impact
Robert E. Slavin

Today's post is based on a conversation between the Forum for Youth Investment and IDEA Public Schools' Chief Human Assets Officer Audrey Hooks. She describes IDEA's attempt to disseminate its guiding principles and knowledge, not just curriculum and materials.

Moving Education Forward: It Starts With School Leaders

Diann Woodard | Posted 03.26.2013 | Home
Diann Woodard

It is now time to re-evaluate our education policy, starting with the voice, tools, and support that we provide for our school leaders, the principals and administrators responsible for overseeing the scholastic performance and physical operations of our schools.

The Generosity of Gratitude

Nancy Rappaport | Posted 01.20.2013 | Home
Nancy Rappaport

It's been shown that acknowledging what you're grateful for makes you more motivated to be generous. So, this Thanksgiving, I'm proud to acknowledge the work that my colleagues and I get to do, the struggles of my students, and the incredibly hard work of all the educators and administrators out there.

High School Principal Participates In Reddit AMAA

Posted 11.18.2012 | Home

The principal of a midwestern public high school participated in a Reddit "Ask me almost anything" last week, offering insight into the nature of his ...

Governor's Criticism Of Maine Schools Doesn't Sit Well With Principals

Portland Press Herald, Maine | Edward D. Murphy | Posted 01.14.2013 | Home

PORTLAND -- Gov. Paul LePage's latest comments on public education aren't going over any better with school principals than they did with teachers. A...

8 Years From Today: When the Uneducated Become the Unemployed

The George W. Bush Institute | Posted 12.25.2012 | Impact
The George W. Bush Institute

The jobs crisis is an education crisis and if not dealt with will create dire circumstances for America. With fewer people employed, the government will be put in a position to provide more social services with a dwindling revenue base to collect from.

Study Examines Impact Principals Have On Student Achievement

Posted 10.24.2012 | Home

It's indisputable that great teachers lead to successful students, as the presidential candidates have touted, but what about students' connection to ...

If Principals Can Do It, Why Can't We?

Ama Nyamekye | Posted 09.18.2012 | Los Angeles
Ama Nyamekye

It was encouraging to see LAUSD and the Administrators Association of LA strike a deal this week for evaluating public school principals. The question for us is clear: if we can do this for our principals, why can't we do this for our teachers?

School Principals' Workloads To Increase Under New Indiana Law

Posted 09.05.2012 | Home

Beginning this school year, Indiana principals’ job descriptions will include conducting annual teacher evaluations, under a law passed by state law...

Why Volunteering Is Good for your Business

Michael Haberman | Posted 11.05.2012 | Impact
Michael Haberman

The facts are clear: promoting and providing employees with meaningful volunteer opportunities helps to attract top talent; engage, develop, and retain employees; boost public image; and improve the bottom line.

Dispute With School Principal Allegedly Leads To Georgia Teacher's SUV Being Vandalized

Posted 07.26.2012 | Home

Elizabeth Nilson, a Georgia elementary school teacher, is standing in front of her vandalized SUV. And she believes that the incident has something to...

School Principal Accused Of Hiding Camera In Girls' Locker Room To Catch Coach Yelling At Team

AP | Posted 07.05.2012 | Home

DENTON, Texas -- A North Texas middle school principal is accused of placing a hidden video camera in a locker room during her daughter's high school ...

WATCH: 3rd Grader Strip Searched, Mom Outraged

Posted 06.19.2012 | Home

Parents in Clinton, North Carolina, are outraged after an assistant principal gave a third-grader a strip search there. The Union Elementary School of...

High School Principal Allegedly Posed As Student On Facebook

Posted 07.07.2012 | Home

Students have long been warned against connecting with those they don't know on Facebook, but few at Clayton High School in Missouri could have antici...

Future Principal Tackles Hallway Hangouts

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 05.04.2012 | Home

This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. The problem: middle-schoolers are hanging out in the halls, coming late to class. The sol...

Principal Fired After Video Revealed Make Out Session With Assistant

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 04.29.2012 | Home

The Scholars Academy Principal Steve McClenning and assistant Billie Madewell have both lost their jobs after the two were caught passionately making ...

Principals Matter: School Leaders Can Drive Student Learning

Karin Chenoweth | Posted 04.04.2012 | Home
Karin Chenoweth

So if principals matter, it would be worthwhile to understand what highly expert and effective principals do that matters so much. Are they good at hiring and keeping strong teachers?

Whither the District: Leaders Must Lead on School Reform

Teach Plus | Posted 03.27.2012 | Home
Teach Plus

Missing from the conversation about education reform has been a larger discussion of district and principal accountability.

Let Teachers Teach

Larry Strauss | Posted 03.16.2012 | Home
Larry Strauss

Anyone who ever finds him or herself asking teachers to do anything other than teach students ought to do so with a healthy dose of skepticism.

Meet Our New President of External Relations

Michael Haberman | Posted 12.27.2011 | Home
Michael Haberman

The solutions to the problems confronting our nation's education system are complex, and no one person or organization has all of the answers. But, if principals reach out into their community, they will find that many solutions are waiting just outside their doors.

Occupy the Lives of Children in DC

Patricia McGuire | Posted 12.11.2011 | DC
Patricia McGuire

Real justice is about service to others, not ourselves. A movement that is only about expressing anger over our own individual hurts will soon disintegrate for lack of an achievable common cause.

School Principal Found Allegedly Stabbed To Death, Student In Custody

Posted 10.10.2011 | Home

A 17-year-old student from the Seventh-day Adventist's Memphis Junior Academy in Tennessee is being held in custody after a 48-year-old teacher was fo...

Higher Education Groups Oppose Teacher-Training Bill

Education Week | Stephen Sawchuk | Posted 09.26.2011 | Home

A slew of organizations representing colleges and universities have lined up to oppose a recently introduced federal teacher- and principal-training b...