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How to help principals do a better job? Train their bosses

The Hechinger Report

A group of secondary network superintendents debrief after a visit to a classroom at a middle school in Oakland. Secondary school superintendents joined their counterparts from the elementary school level to compare notes across schools, hoping to identify common problems and patterns. Photo: Jackie Mader.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. Related: When a hyped school model proves difficult to replicate.

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Making Is Great Because It’s Chaotic. But Not Everyone Is Looking for Chaos.

Edsurge

She views the seeming “chaos” of making as a tool for students to take ownership of their own learning, adapt to changing circumstances, sit with frustration, develop problem-solving skills, collaborate with others, and exercise creativity.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

For a new generation of educators, these pursuits have something in common: They’re all appropriate learning exercises that can take place in the school library. For a new generation of educators, these pursuits have something in common: They’re all appropriate learning exercises that can take place in the school library.