Why Every School Leader Needs a Reading Practice
The best school leaders I know share one habit. It's not a management technique or a leadership framework — it's a reading practice. Here's why it matters, and how to build one.
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Essays & Reflections
On school leadership, reading, and the practice of building better schools.
The School Bell — First Lesson in Time Management
You will definitely hear the school bell ring in your head, whenever you lend your ear to it. Our first lessons in time management are perhaps rendered to us by this innocuous bell.
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The Quest for My Good School
Quality in school education consists of happy teachers, a good student-teacher ratio, modern equipment, and adequate facilities. But the real quest is for professional learning that transforms schools.
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Leadership at School
The key differentiator of a good school is good governance and leadership development at all levels — the Board, the staff, the students, the parent body, and the community.
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What Does Education Do?
Is going to school at the core of a good education? Why do successful people walk tall? It all leads us to explore how we build self-confidence and make success a habit.
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Reading at the Heart of Education and Learning
By reading we read — and this is true. Reading is the heart of education; the knowledge of almost every subject in school flows from reading. It is arguably the single most important social factor in any society.
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Principal as the Chief Learning Leader
Should the principal be the CEO with due qualifications and degrees? What is most important is that the Principal should be the Chief Learning Leader — someone who leads by example and never stops learning.
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