Best of the Blogs
School Administrator, March 2017


“Students today not only want to have a voice in deciding the direction of their learning, but they expect to have a voice. We must realize that we far too often prescribe remedies to student learning prior to understanding the needs of each student individually.”

From “November 21, 2016” by Brian K. Creasman (superintendent, Fleming County, Ky.) on his blog Weekly Leadership Connections


“Spanish for Educators participants learn by communicating in Spanish about real-life classroom and school situations … such as how to conduct parent-teacher conferences, write a class welcome letter and make a phone call to a parent.”

From “Spanish for Educators Boosts Understanding, Connections” by Renee A. Foose (superintendent, Howard County, Md.) on her blog Fulfilling the Promise of Preparation


“If we really wanted to build the best calendar for student learning, we wouldn’t be advocating for longer summers and longer Christmas breaks and longer Spring breaks. … Not every child can learn everything they need to know in exactly 180 days. Some may do it in 150 and others may need 210.”

From “Starting School After Labor Day” by Daniel Curry (superintendent, Calvert County, Md.) on his blog School Talk


“We try to label bullying. We try to stop bullying. We teach people to report bullying. Maybe we could spend our energy on kindness. It just seems so much simpler. … It just feels better to build something instead of preventing something.”

From “Kindness Matters” by Jim Sutphin (superintendent, Millard Public Schools, Omaha, Neb.) on his blog @jsutfin


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