Author: Matthew Lynch
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Creating Professional Development Sessions for School Boards
American school boards are central to the successful operation of their school districts, but why are so many of them poorly trained and what can be ... -
Does Preschool Really Matter? Isn’t It Just Play? It’s Basically Overpriced Daycare, Right?
These are questions that many parents have when they are deciding about their child’s early education. You may be asking them yourself. However, the truth is ... -
How Leaders Can Support the Implementation of Effective Literacy Practices
Literacy is the most important skill that a student can acquire. With the ability to read, students can access and learn the material in other subjects, ... -
4 Pitfalls That Education Leaders Should Avoid
Being an educational leader is hard. It requires you to work long hours, make hundreds of decisions a day, and to be on top of your ... -
Why Learning Failure Is Essential (And Unavoidable)
Nobody likes failure. As children, we’re conditioned in school to study hard, pay attention and memorize material to avoid failure at all costs. And, in the ... -
How Our Education System Fails Most Students
Currently, the United States has problems of all sizes, and one of the most serious problems is the crisis in the education system. Trends such as ... -
How Do Great Educational Leaders Stay Great?
It seems like every week, I read an article announcing the firing of a K-12 superintendent or a university president. What perplexes me is that many ... -
How Well Do Math Teacher Follow the Common Core Standards for Math?
For grade school and high school, there are set educational standards for certain subjects. These are the guidelines that each teacher must follow for their core ... -
Why You Don’t Need a Traditional College Education to Be Successful
Not so long ago, adults were able to live well and achieve economic, social and personal success without the rigor of a college education. So, what ... -
How to Implement Critical Pedagogy into your Classroom
Critical pedagogy is a teaching philosophy that invites educators to encourage students to critique structures of power and oppression. It is rooted in critical theory, which ...
