NSBA Executive Director Anne L. Bryant discusses issues from leadership and governance to common core standards in a recent interview for McGraw-Hill Education’s latest District Leader’s podcast. The podcast, “Maintaining Excellence and Equity,” is available to download at www.districtleaderspodcast.org.
In her interview with Arthur Griffin, Jr., senior vice president, Bryant emphasized that good governance plans within districts are crucial to attaining student achievement. In addition, Bryant calls for “collective bargaining for student achievement instead of collective bargaining for the interests of adults.” She also stresses the importance of using technology to “augment, supplement and change the way we actually do learning.”
She also noted that common core standards are “here to stay.”
“Student achievement must be our number one priority, and maintaining ‘excellence and equity’can be reached when school boards ask the tough questions and make tough decisions,” says Bryant. The discussion also includes her views on allocating resources to underperforming schools and changing strategies midstream in order to achieve goals of school boards.
The District Leader’s podcast is sponsored by McGraw-Hill Education’s Urban Advisory Resource, which includes former education leaders and other experts with extensive experience in managing large school districts.
