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The Big Challenges for Next School Year: What’s Next in Education
[caption id="attachment_2326" align="alignright" width="150"] Dr. David Blaiklock[/caption]Summer break is quickly approaching. Many districts ...
Renewed Concerns About Teen Suicide: New Season of '13 Reasons Why'
Season two of the popular, but controversial, Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” was released on Friday, just as a real-life tragedy played out in San...
Influencing Teacher Learning: 5 Strategies to Teach the Teacher
The evidence is clear: When teachers learn, they are more successful in helping students learn.Every school leader wants to support teacher lea...
After Santa Fe: School Districts Face Growing Inevitability
In the weeks following the Parkland school shooting, a group of students from Santa Fe High School in Texas joined a national walkout to call for a...
Report: Almost All Teachers Foot the Bill for School Supplies
It’s become a familiar scene over the past few months.Schools close, as teachers in red shirts descend on the state capital holding signs and l...
Money Matters: Effective Communication on School Budget Challenges
You’ve probably heard it said in education that we deal with a parent’s two most treasured assets: their children and their tax dollars. That’s why...
Report: Big-District Superintendents Serve Longer Than Expected
Superintendent tenures, especially at the nation’s largest districts, are notoriously challenging--and notoriously brief.The common understandi...
Teacher Appreciation: Start with the Power of Listening
As historian Henry Adams put it, “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”We all have that one teacher whose ...
A Clearer View of School Customer Service: Strategies for Improvement
When you sign-in to your Let’s Talk! account later this week, life may look a little different.Don’t worry. We’re sprucing up the joint.Sta...