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I recently visited one of the eleven schools that are part of Atlanta K12 Design Challenge (@ak12dc). Mountain Park Elementary, the Mustangs (@MPE_Mustangs), is a Fulton County School north of the I-285 loop. I met with Stacy Perlman, the school’s principal, and Wendy Kelly, the school’s project-based learning coach. After our meeting they took me…
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A recent article in Harvard Business Review, Why Strategy Execution Unravels—and What to Do About It, written by Donald Sull, Rebecca Homkes, and Charles Sill demystifies the beliefs we hold about how to implement strategic thinking or planning. Here are the five myths the authors discuss and demystify. Myth 1: Execution equals alignment The authors point out that…
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I read this interesting article, Future Trends in Leadership Development, written by Nick Petrie. He proposes four trends for the future of leadership development. (see page 6 for a summary, the whole article is about 30 pages) More focus on vertical development horizontal development focuses on specific competencies of individuals whereas vertical development focuses on developmental stages…
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With all that is happening around the world to challenge our sense of what is right and wrong, I wonder if schools are taking their rightful place in the conversation, doing what we can to advance a deeper understanding of the moral and ethical questions before us. The Oxford Dictionary defines ethics “as moral principles…
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Here are some interesting pieces I have recently read. I have provided links. In some cases, you might need a subscription to read the full article. Principal: What I’ve learned about annual standardized testing, Washington Post, by Valerie Strauss, February 1 This piece looks the issue of school reform through the lens of a principal…
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