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Saphier, Jon – Phi Delta Kappan, 2023
Leadership gurus often put creating a "shared vision" at the top of their pyramid of what successful leaders do. These visions are best when they are an anchor or a North Star -- unwavering goals that the district works toward. Author Jon Saphier proposes this North Star for districts: Make every school an engine for continuous…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, School Districts, Leadership Responsibility, Administrator Role
Roschewski, Pat; Isernhagen, Jody; Dappen, Leon – Phi Delta Kappan, 2006
In 2000, the state of Nebraska passed legislation requiring the assessment of student performance on content standards, but its requirements were very different from those of any other state. Nebraska created what has come to be known as STARS (School-based Teacher-led Assessment and Reporting System). Under STARS, each of Nebraska's nearly 500…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, State Standards, Outcomes of Education, Accountability
Glickman, Carl – Phi Delta Kappan, 2006
Failure is inevitable and can be conducive to great learning and discovery. However, some failures exact too high a human cost to justify. All of this may sound like a contradiction: freedom to fail and avoidance of human cost at the same time. However, the crux of the matter is coming to understand how leadership supports failures in order to…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Standardized Tests, Imagination, Academic Achievement