Best of the Blogs
School Administrator, February 2019


“Our neighbors who had different yard signs, bumper stickers, and who voted differently than we did are not necessarily wrong or evil — they just see the world through a different (and positive) set of values. And, most importantly, they are still our neighbors.”

From “The Authoritative Allocation of Values” by Jason Glass, superintendent, Jefferson County Public Schools, Golden, Colo., on his blog Advance Jeffco


“I am very measured in how I speak about anything political that does not involve my school or students directly. … I simply fear alienating a decent percentage of my stakeholders regardless of my position or opinion as we are now clearly in the most hostile and divisive political environment I can personally remember.”

From “Politically Speaking” by PJ Caposey, superintendent, Meridian School District 223, Stillman Valley, Ill., on his blog Innovating Education One Day at a Time


“The concern that I once had was that we would end up in a scenario where we had a new kitchen, but we were serving the same food, and our meal tasted the same. The notion that by changing furniture alone one could improve learning outcomes was a concern.”

From “New Kitchen…. Same Taste?” by Scot Graden, superintendent, Saline Area Schools, Saline, Mich., on his blog Scot Graden’s Blog


“[R]emoving barriers to student opportunity to taste success should always be the first recipe in our professional cookbooks. Nothing makes Mama Givens happier than feeding a bunch of kids hungry for excellence.”

From “Hunger” by Sue Givens, superintendent, El Dorado Unified School District 490, El Dorado, Kan., on her blog From the Desk of Mama Givens



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