Marita Cronqvists bok kan bidra till lärarutbildningens etikdiskussion, men är alltför teoretisk för att kunna ha en roll på förskolorna, skriver Monica Berg.
De senaste åren har allt fler organisationer börjat att fokusera på hur man skapar, upprätthåller och styr människor med värderingar. Men värderingsarbete i organisationer saknar konkreta bevis på effekt i forskning, så anledning finns att vara skeptisk, skriver Jonas Mosskin, organisationspsykolog och skribent.
Students, teachers and administrators are under a lot of stress as the school year winds down, middle-school principal Matthew Howell writes. Howell offers several tips to help alleviate burnout, including rethinking meetings and considering workload before taking on new projects.
Providing support for principals can improve student achievement, according to a report by RAND that studied a five-year effort led by the Wallace Foundation in six school districts. The study focused on effective ways to train and retain school leaders through a "principal pipeline initiative."
Principals in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Newfoundland say they need professional development and professional relationships to better support the needs of all students in inclusive schools, writes Steve Sider, associate professor at Wilfrid Laurier University.
I Håbo kommun i Uppland pågår ett spännande processarbete för att få till en samsyn kring hur skolorna i kommunen ska arbeta med elever som har läs- och skrivutmaningar.
Small groups of committed teachers can drive change, says Adam Alvarez in the latest Confronting Inequity column in Educational Leadership. Teacher leaders not only are able to support overburdened administrators, but also have insight into their colleagues' concerns and are well positioned to respond to students' varied needs.
Students who attend a K-8 school with a principal who participated in the New Leaders' Aspiring Principals program more likely were to have higher math and English-language arts scores, according to a study by RAND. About 3,200 educators in 30 cities in the US have completed the program.