Best of the Blogs
School Administrator, May 2021

“As adults and teachers, we have been trained through college programs (like robots at times) to think that kids need knowledge, facts, etiquette, discipline to be successful; when in reality they may simply need a pair of shoes, or a backpack, or a meal, or a friend. Education is more than books and it’s more than grades.”

From “It’s JUST Education...” by Peter C. Blake, superintendent, Rome City School District, Rome, N.Y., on his blog Leading Through Listening “If getting back to normal means a complete return to the status quo, then I definitely do not want to return to normal.”

From “The Courage to Change” by Theresa Alban, superintendent, Frederick County Public Schools, Frederick, Md., on her blog Off the Cuff with Dr. Theresa Alban

“This was/is the hardest stretch of my career. My award-winning and supportive Board had moments of fracture. I never fully believed in any recommendation I pro-vided because in this situation I felt there was no certainty. No matter what I did, it felt OKAY at best.”

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

“I love it when we have these types of conversations — the debates about what ‘works’ and what ‘doesn’t work.’ It’s these types of dialogue that help us move forward in our thinking and plans to make education even better.”

From “Is Remote Learning the Future of Public Education?” by Dave Eberwein, superintendent/CEO, School District 63, Saanichton, British Columbia, on his blog The Power of Why
 
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