THIS IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF BLOGS ON INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, TEACHER EVALUATION, TEACHER TRAINING, AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING MODELS.

The expression, If you can’t measure it; you can’t manage it, is a derivative of What gets measured; gets managed.

An overwhelming negativity surrounds public schools and has become a national narrative.

DON’T TRIVIALIZE IT. IT'S NOT THE SAME AS COOPERATION.

We now know exactly how high-functioning collaborative teams operate.

Strategic Inquiry (Panero & Talbert) requires teams to narrowly focus in a way traditional and more common inquiry models do not.

Janus is the latest example of how misunderstood and under appreciated teachers and others who choose to serve have become in our society.

If there is any single principle to live by as a leader it's DWYSYGTD. Do What You Say You're Going To Do.

Continuing my blog related to resource optimization in PK-12 education, I want to discuss a few points some readers have brought to my atten

Does Money Matter? Turns out it depends on how you measure it. Or maybe even your politics.

The dark history that spawned our current education system has never totally escaped us.

This is a reprise of an April 14, 2017 blog. I've reprised after I saw (and responded to) the 3/6/18 "Rows of Desks" Tweet from SoD Demos

Administrator evaluation systems lack clear performance standards and rigor in design and attention to implementation.

Forward-thinking organizations often have transition or succession plans in place for their top executives.

I define the visionary archetype as someone who has the ability to foresee a compelling image of the future.

Building consensus for spending decisions across multiple stakeholder groups is among the greatest challenges education leaders face today.

Accountability is necessary…it just isn’t an effective lever for system-wide reform and sustainable change.

Scholars have long argued that school reform efforts ignore issues of power. As a practitioner I agree with that supposition.

Among the more interesting ideas my students and I are discussing in my current doctoral leadership class is policy coherence.

Superintendents alone possess the positional authority to access the power domains of all education partners.