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In order to improve student learning, schools need parental support. But what happens when parents don’t know how to provide that support?
To answer that question, school leaders in the Alhambra Elementary School District sponsor more than 20 programs designed to engage parents, as well as teachers and community members, in the district’s work.
When money was tight and potential budget cuts were in the air, school leaders in the Conestoga Valley School District laid out the facts in community meetings — and won a round of applause.
Thanks to the attendees and exhibiters who particpated in our conference contests and congratulations to all the winners. Exhibit Exam Winners: Kathy Harris, Kirkwood, Mo.– Amazon gift card Pam DiGiore, Windsor, Conn.– American Express gift card Gloria Deathridge, Knoxville, Tenn.– HD flip camera Bill Ferguson, Cincinnati, Ohio — iPad2 Robert Moller, Spicer, Minn. — Free [...]
When Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot talks about respect, she doesn’t mean the deference you might show to someone with power or authority, the kind of deference that’s given to avoid punishment, shame, or embarrassment.
How do schools balance the need to protect gay students from harassment with the rights of conservative Christian students to express their views objecting to homosexuality? That was the subject of a special session Sunday titled Student Religious Expression in the Public Schools: Where is the First Amendment Balancing Point?
Stephen Sroka, President of Health Education Consultants, will be the featured speaker for Monday’s “Focus on” lecture. Entitled “The New RX: Relationships,” Sroka will discuss issues students face, including the risk factors involving sex, drugs, bullying, violence, discrimination, and poverty. Adults must use strategies such as the four Cs (caring, communicating, collaborating, and working with different cultures) to reach these students. The lecture takes place at 10:15 a.m. at Boston Convention & Exhibition Center room 210AB.
Forget all the talk about data-driven decision-making. You can have all the data in the world, but if people don’t trust you, you’re not going to sway their decision.
Trust and conflict are opposite sides of the same coin. That means managing conflict productively is much easier when boards first take steps to build trust, two experts from the New York State School Boards Association said at a Sunday session.
Changing the perception of teachers is among the most important challenges facing public education, said Michelle Shearer, the 2011 National Teacher of the Year, at a Sunday afternoon session.
A random conversation about perception versus reality led former board members to develop the presentation “10 Myths of Board Service.” Sandi Barry, communications and marketing coordinator for the Maryland Association of Boards of Education, and Terry McCabe, associate executive director for the Maine School Management Association, explored the many misconceptions new members have when they arrive at the board table
