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10 Unconventional Leadership in Education Quotes
10 Unconventional Leadership in Education Quotes The purpose of this post is two fold: Principals and other local school leaders can use these quotes to meditate on or challenge themselves…
4 Things I Learned from Orly Friedman
Orly Friedman was Danny’s guest on a bonus podcast episode. She is the founder of the Red Bridge school in San Francisco. You can listen to our conversation, read the…
Mastermind Case Study: Shbrone Brookings
Principal @ Ralph Downs Elementary “After joining the mastermind, I instantly possess an attainable network of global resources.” Tell us what you do and what your work typically entails. I’m…
4 Reasons Why Limiting Your Candid Feedback Sabotages Your Progress
If you’re an educational leader, you’re probably not using candid feedback as often or as well as you should be. That’s as candid as we can be about it. And,…
10 Family Engagement Ideas that Work During a Pandemic
The “Burger King” Strategy You know their slogan. Have it … The main idea of the “Burger King” strategy is to serve up exactly what your families want. Whatever the…
How (not) to create a school vision statement: 10 pitfalls to avoid
Creating a school vision that resonates with your community is difficult work. If it were easy, everyone would be doing it and helpful posts like this wouldn’t exist. The truth…
10 Unique Leadership Styles in Education
At Better Leaders Better Schools, we like to be creative and think out-of-the-box. That said, we’re not going to talk about ideas you most likely have already found -- Leadership…
10 Ways to Build Better Schools
Better Schools TIP 1: Remember to smile, breathe, and have fun The work is serious, but you don’t have to take yourself so seriously. That is the idea behind Rule…
