Superintendent’s Center
As the world becomes increasingly digital, and the nation’s schools are entering a new era of accountability, our expectations for school superintendents are changing as well.
To be successful, today’s superintendents must understand how technology can support the mission of K-12 school districts: how it can be used to drive down costs, improve efficiencies, extend learning opportunities to more students (both inside and outside of school), and enhance teaching and learning.
On this page, we’ve compiled resources to help you make this shift—and be an effective ed-tech leader in your own district.
Gates Foundation: Test scores not enough for teacher evaluation
After three years of research on measuring teacher effectiveness, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Jan. 8 that it takes multiple measures to most accurately evaluate teachers.…
How to include the community when making key school decisions
Technology tools and services are helping school leaders engage key audiences in new and important ways, from starting conversations with constituents via social media to participatory budget processes…
Nine templates to help educators leverage school data
Educators and administrators are collecting an enormous amount of data about the progress of their students and schools. Now that this information has been collected, how can it…
Online classes target high school dropouts
Arizona’s Sunnyside Unified School District has become the latest K-12 school system to turn to online instruction to help high school dropouts earn their diplomas.…
Four key parts of successful online education programs
Progress monitoring tools and proper training in online teaching are critical factors in supporting and sustaining successful online education programs, according to a survey of school leaders.…
What U.S. schools can learn from Russia
There is a tendency to beat up on our public schools based on the performance of American students on international tests. The impression that is created is that…
The key skills today’s employers desire
Education stakeholders are quick to champion students’ need for “21st century skills”—but what do employers say they want students to learn? And, how should schools adapt as a…
Why are women so underrepresented in educational leadership?
Recently, I had the unique opportunity to be one of a handful of males who sat in with a group of 300 women in school leadership when they…
What U.S. schools can learn from Russia
There is a tendency to beat up on our public schools based on the performance of American students on international tests. The impression that is created is that…
Why are women so underrepresented in educational leadership?
Recently, I had the unique opportunity to be one of a handful of males who sat in with a group of 300 women in school leadership when they…
How to achieve true educational transformation
True transformation would be providing each child with a personalized education plan; teaching to the standards, not the test; abandoning seat time in favor of performance; doing away…
Until we get rid of funding inequities, real education reform can’t happen
Many of our schools lack adequate financial support, and the public is willing to pay higher taxes to remedy the situation. The problem lies in the ways our…
eSN’s Annual Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards
Meet 10 of the nation’s savviest ed-tech leaders…and learn more about our groundbreaking awards program.
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