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Parting Thoughts

Parting Thoughts

Nearly every speaker, in each venue, talked of the “essential question(s)” that would be addressed through their presentation. In reflecting on this observation, I thought the same would be true for the conference as a whole. As Nashville begins to fade in our rearview mirrors, what will be the questions we can now answer about […]

A Story of a Student Named…(fill in the blank)

There is a reoccurring theme, and that is that education is a people-driven line of work. There is so much that we have discovered about people, adults and children over the course of the past few decades that to ignore this new information would be tragic. Rather than be a school district dedicated to “the […]

Leading Forward

As school leaders, we’ve all probably spent some time in the past few days deeply pondering senseless violence in schools. Gathering children together for school seemed to be the best way to keep them safe and help them become the adults they were meant to be. Now, they become targets of those wishing to inflict […]

Preparing for a Trip to “Music City”

We stand at an interesting point in time for public education. Never before has scrutiny been so high, nor the opportunity so great, for leaders to impact one of the bedrock foundations in American culture and life. Appropriately titled: “Education in the Digital Age,” the National AASA Conference in Nashville will offer school leaders the […]