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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Leadership means you’re supposed to lead | Dangerously Irrelevant

Leadership means you’re supposed to lead | Dangerously Irrelevant

Leadership means you’re supposed to lead

Vicki Davis just blogged that an innovative teacher friend of hers has been shut down by her school district'sleadership because:

No one else is doing this in our state, so why should we?

BeafollowerPathetic. Appalling. And sad.

Talented personnel drive innovation. Any school organization that hopes to successfully navigate these complex times needs every talented educator it can get. I hope that Vicki’s friend leaves that school system as soon as she can; the managers there (note I did not use the term ‘leaders’) deserve what