News: Strategic Planning
While You Can Write a Student’s Individualized Education Plan. . . It (Legally) Needs to be Acceptable, Actionable, and Appropriate
This Blog discusses the needs assessment and budgeting process that districts are currently engaged in, and that must include—based on students’ IEPs—the funding needed for next year’s special educati...
Read Full ArticleEducation’s 2024 Year in Review: The Themes that Captured Our Time, Attention, Concern, and Consternation
This Blog revisits the 24 Blogs published this year, re-organizing them into four themes as part of an education-focused “Year in Review.” A brief analysis of these themes is provided relative to wher...
Read Full ArticleSchool Improvement Requires Changing Thinking, Not Just Changing Programs: The “Moneyball Thinking” Needed in Education
Using the movie “Moneyball” as a metaphor, we suggest that many districts and schools are locked into antiquated data analysis and school improvement thinking. We advocate that they use “Moneyball Thi...
Read Full ArticleDelegating Duties and Decisions in a Shared Leadership School: Avoiding Staff Reservations or Resentment
This Blog discusses the significant benefits of having a Shared Leadership structure and process in every school across the country. The structure is defined by seven research-to-practice components e...
Read Full ArticleSpeed Counts When Making Successful Changes Across Your District or School—When to Go Slow and When to Go Fast
This Blog emphasizes that the success of a district or school’s change process or initiative often rests on the speed of its implementation. We review ten variables that help determine if a change pro...
Read Full ArticleHow Fad or Flawed School Programs Increase Poor Teacher Morale and Resistance to Change: When Education Keeps Adopting the Same Shaky Stuff, It Will Keep Getting Repeated Rocky Results (Part V)
Blog reviewed and integrated recent articles reporting that (a) teachers’ job satisfaction and mental health worsened last year, as did the need for student supports and interventions; and (b) distric...
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