For Leadership Day 2009, here are some key questions that I’d ask about the technology leadership function in any school district: I’m sure that I could think of other questions too, but these are a ...

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My thoughts on a proposed social media policy for… Day 2 with Matt Gomez Should we get rid of technology directors? Leadership Day 2010 - The final list! Day 1 with Matt Gomez ...

Most educational administration graduate students can tell you about Bolman & Deal’s leadership frameworks. The frames help change agents conceptualize different approaches to an issue. Depending on ...

The Letters to the Next President web site currently features over 2,600 letters to the next President of the United States. The site is a collaborative initiative between the National Writing Project ...

I’m going to try something new this summer. I just finished reading Influencer: The power to change anything. It’s possibly the best leadership book that I’ve read in years and I’m itching to discuss ...

Load these onto an iPod, hand it to a busy school administrator, and say, “Here are some presentations that I think you’ll enjoy while you’re exercising or driving around. After you’ve listened to a ...

It’s the end of the school year and it’s time for a new contest. In honor of Mike Schmoker’s classic Crayola Curriculum article… What’s the most dismaying / inane / worthless class assignment you’ve ...

In the blogosphere we pay a lot of attention to the folks who blog. We rarely, if ever, recognize those folks who comment. But of course the power of blogs would be greatly diminished if folks weren’t ...

It’s the first day of school here in Ames, Iowa. The past two years at this time, I’ve posted the following checklist, wondering if schools have made any improvement since the previous fall. This year ...

As we all know, we are in the midst of a massive economic downturn. Every month is accompanied by reports of additional, large-scale layoffs. People are losing their jobs in significant numbers. And ...

Visit the post for more. Listen to this post! Pete Reilly’s excellent post should be required reading for school administrators worried about online safety issues. I’ve blogged about this issue before ...