by dwalker | Jan 19, 2010 | Blog
Our current political environment invites criticism of those in local, state and national leadership roles. There is a great deal of conjecture about the reasoning for various leadership decisions and about hidden agendas. Sometimes negative intentions are ascribed...
by dwalker | Jan 6, 2010 | Blog
School leaders answer to a number of audiences, each of which holds different expectations. District leaders want well-run schools that meet their academic targets, have positive learning environments and satisfied parents: their expectations are that principals will...
by Amy Awbrey Pallangyo | Nov 10, 2009 | Blog
Federal legislation was just introduced in the Senate yesterday to provide funding for future pre-K through 12 Literacy funding efforts – the LEARN bill. While the details of the bill are myriad, there are some critical overarching features of the adolescent...
by dwalker | Nov 6, 2009 | Blog
With a new administration in the White House there has been a lot of talk about turning around schools, with a number of schools highlighted for making hard-won gains. These case studies of turn-around schools, some but not all of which are charter schools, often...
by Amy Awbrey Pallangyo | Oct 27, 2009 | Blog
Training and ongoing coaching are key aspects of successfully implementing any adolescent literacy initiative. However, years of experience demonstrates that even excellent and thorough professional development, without accountability, will do nothing to improve...
