Tag: Eduleaders
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How Common Core levels the K-12 playing field
By Matthew Lynch Inequality of resources and opportunities for American K-12 children runs rampant and effects every member of society. When children are not given basic ... -
Closing the School to Prison Pipeline
Sadly, over half of black young men who attend urban high schools do not earn a diploma. Of the dropouts, nearly 60 percent will go to ... -
6 Ways to Reform Teacher Education
As contemporary K-12 students change their learning styles and expectations for their educations, teachers need to change too. More specifically, the education that teachers receive needs ... -
How Leaders Indirectly Influence Teachers’ Emotions
The indirect influences leaders have on teacher emotions have much to do with teachers’ working conditions in the classroom and school. Leaders influence many of the ... -
6 Saddening Facts about Childhood Obesity and Unhealthy Body Image
The rate of obesity among children is skyrocketing—and this is something to worry about. After all, as you might expect, obese children are at a higher ... -
Invitational Leadership Juxtaposed with Other Leadership Models
Let’s look at invitational leadership, as it relates to various models of leadership. Invitational leadership has this is common with participative/distributed leadership: a belief in promoting ... -
Distributed Leadership as Task Distribution
In 2004, Spillane et al.’s theoretical description of distributed leadership was based on the performance of certain tasks, and the interactions between shifting combinations of leaders ... -
4 Reasons Why Classrooms Need Diversity Education
School climate and school culture directly impact student success. As a result, it is particularly important for the school culture (and the classroom culture) to reflect, ... -
The Case for Utilizing the Invitational Leadership Model
The current climate in the education system indicates a rising need for leadership that will surpass all previous models and theories. Many of the concerns raised ... -
Distributed Leadership as Distributed Influence Processes
Leadership is an influence process that changes how others act or think. Therefore, one way of determining leadership is by investigation of its consequences. There are ...