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Can a blue dot stop a bullet?
It’s impossible to imagine the horror of a school shooting. You think about it. You train for it. But, unless you’ve been there, there’s simply no ...
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The first rule of book club: Engage your community
How many book clubs have you joined in your lifetime? One? Three? Ten?
Up until now, my experience with these get-togethers has been limited to a ...
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#SxSWedu: 4 must-see sessions
When you think of the annual SxSW festival, what images come to mind? If you’re like a lot of people my age, you probably envision a pulsing sweaty...
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How the best school leaders make others better
If there’s one thing Dr. Wendy Robinson isn’t, it’s typical.
The longtime Superintendent of Fort Wayne Community Schools in Indiana has managed to...
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Blurring the line between schools and communities
When does a school’s responsibility to its students end?
If you said never, you’re smarter than you think.
As the line between schools and commun...
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Is this the beginning of the end of the classroom?
The classroom. It’s been the center of our learned universe for more than a century.
Within the four walls of the classroom, a teacher’s lesson m...
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Can educators ever really know their students?
As a school leader, you’ve spent your share of time in classrooms. But how long has it been since you sat where your students sit now? Do you remem...
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The cost of a bomb threat will shock you
No cost is too high for student safety. That’s a given. If someone calls in a bomb threat to one of your schools, you have a responsibility to inve...
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Does your school make the grade on community engagement?
Good community engagement is tricky. That is to say, there is not a single color-by-numbers approach that works for every school district.
Every s...