Author: jack_mckay@csd49.org

1. Public Education: Defending a Cornerstone of American Democracy. by Chapter Titles Edited by Berliner and Hermanns
2. The Horace Mann League Annual Meeting and Awards for 2022
3. 5 Ways to Shut Off Your Brain Before Bed So You Get Restful Sleep by Jeff Steen
4. How to Become a Better Listener by Robin Abrahams
5. A Leadership Definition – Two brief videos
6. The Horace Mann League Podcast Series
7. Can Education Reduce Political Polarization? by Bret Levy
8. ‘The Great Exodus’: Superintendents Resigned in Droves by Katherine Fung
9. How to Figure Out What You Want Next in Your Career by Ann Hiatt
10. We Learned Our Lesson Last Year: Do Not Close Schools by Joseph G. Allen
11. 4 Education Predictions for 2022 by Carmelo Piazza
12. 7 Presentation Skills Your Boss Wants You to Master by Gary Genard
13. These Billionaires are Bankrolling the Booming Anti-Racism Racket by Matthew Thomas

December 23, 2021

1. Public Education: Defending a Cornerstone of American Democracy. by Chapter Titles Edited by Berliner and Hermanns
2. The Horace Mann League Annual Meeting and Awards for 2022
3. The Horace Mann League Podcast Series
4. Too Emotional? — How to Handle Yourself in an Argument by Gary Genard
5. Feedback Isn’t Enough to Help Your Employees Grow by Peter Bregman
6. Top Ten Tech for 2022 by Marcee Harris
7. Predictions for 2022: Everything Is About To Change by Josh Bersin
8. Five areas will shape the global operating environment for business in 2022 on the Kearney site.
9. Predictions for 2022 on the Quantumrun site.
10. The Way We Looked at America’s Schools in 2021 by Kevin Mahnke

December 16, 2021

1. The Horace Mann League Annual Meeting and Awards for 2022
2. The Horace Mann League Podcast Series
3. The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2021 by Youki Terada
4. Questions I Wish I’d Asked When Interviewing for the Principalship on the Education World site.
5. Education Professionals Now Overwhelmingly Seek Changes in Their Careers by David Nagel
6. How to Convince Yourself to Do Hard Things by David Rock
7. Should States Be Allowed to Deny Parents Religious Options in School Choice Programs? by Michael Bindas
8. Supreme Court Oral Argument in Carson v. Makin Sends Hopeful Signal for Religious School Aid by Joshua Dunn
9. Eight Characteristics of Effective School Boards by Chuck Dervarics
10. motionally Intelligent People Know How to Set Boundaries. Here’s How They Do It by Justin Bariso
11. The Pandemic, Political Tensions, Limited Guidance, and Resources Cited as Major Factors on the NASSP site
12. 3 Common Fallacies About Creativity by Pronita Mehrotra
13. Public Education: Defending a Cornerstone of American Democracy. Edited by Berliner and Hermanns
14. The Best Books We Read in 2021 by The New Yorker

December 9, 2021

1. The Horace Mann League Annual Meeting and Awards for 2022
2. The Horace Mann League Podcast Series
3. When activists speak with sound and fury by Joshua Starr
4. America is looking down the barrel of population collapse by Ryan Cooper
5. Efforts to Toughen Teacher Evaluations Show No Positive Impact on Students by Madeline Will
6. Turning school boards into partisan battlegrounds benefits no one by Ethan Ashley
7. Reproducing Sports Stars: How Students Become Elite Athletes by Kirsten Hextrum
8. 10 steps to building better online communities on the Toucantech site
9. School’s Choice: How Charter Schools Control Access and Shape Enrollment by Mommandi and Welner
10. In the Michigan Shooting, What Is the School’s Responsibility? By Dana Goldstein
11. What Is QAnon? What We Know About the Conspiracy-Theory Group by Brett Forrest
12. Job Search: How to Reach Out to a Recruiter by Marlo Lyons
13. US Supreme Court Continues to Expand the Boundaries of What Tax Aid is Allowed for Students Enrolled in Religious Schools by Charles Russo
14. Public Education: Defending a Cornerstone of American Democracy. Edited by Berliner and Hermanns
15. Why Has Schooling and Classroom Practices Been Stable over Time? by Larry Cuban
16. 4 Business Books That Will Accelerate Your Success in 2022 by Carmine Gallo

November 30, 2021

1. The Horace Mann League Annual Meeting and Awards for 2022
2. The Horace Mann League Podcast Series
3. Soul Care for the Superintendency by Paul Imhoff
4. Communication Strategies to Prepare for Challenging Times by NSPRA
5. How Kids Can Overcome the Awkwardness of Asking for Help by Sarah Gonser
6. Tell It to the School Board: We Demand Science and Care by Arthur Camins
7. Becoming a More Humane Leader by Rasmus Hougaard
8. Can We Talk About Critical Race Theory? by Jay Caspian Kang
9. The 100 Best Leadership Quotes of All Time by Lolly Daskal
10. How to use “Blocking” to Massively Improve My Focus — and Create Healthy Work Boundaries by Jeff Steen
11. A Terrible Day? Turn Things Around by Doing These 5 Simple Things by Deborah Grayson Riegel
12. Thoughts on a New Test of Leadership by Sven Hansen
13. Adaptability: How Students’ Responses to Uncertainty and Novelty Predict Their Academic and Non-Academic Outcomes by Andrew J Martin
14. Public Education: Defending a Cornerstone of American Democracy. Edited by Berliner and Hermanns
15. Chair and Member Roles of the School Board by Jack McKay
16. How district leaders can seize an opportunity emerging from volatile school board meetings by Matt Zalaznick
17. (Bonus). Top Digital Photography Tips by Attila Kun
18. (Bonus). 6 Golf Tips Guaranteed to Improve Your Game on the Ship Sticks site.

November 23, 2021

1. The Horace Mann League Annual Meeting and Awards for 2022
2. The Horace Mann League Podcast Series
3. Why Good Mental Health is a Leader’s Best Friend by Ben Brearley
4. Five Myths About Education by Casey Cobb
5. Public Education: Defending a Cornerstone of American Democracy. Edited by Berliner and Hermanns
6. Why Good Mental Health is a Leader’s Best Friend by Ben Brearley
7. Can’t get interviews? You might be making common job-hunting mistakes by Danelle Abril
8. The School Board Wars, Part 1 by Campbell Robertson
9. Asleep at the Switch: Schoolhouse Commercialism, Student Privacy, and the Failure of Policymaking by Faith Boninger, 
10. Two Question Rule to Cut Meetings Every Week. by Jeff Stein
11. 5 Things High-Performing Teams Do Differently by Ron Friedman
12. Racial diversity in the K-12 workforce is essential by Kai Mathews
13. Rural K-12 leaders need more teachers but rural teachers need more support by Matt Zalaznick

November 16, 2021

1. The Horace Mann League Annual Meeting and Awards for 2022
2. The Horace Mann League Podcast Series
3. If It’s Not Critical Race Theory, It’s Critical Race Theory-lite by John McWhorter
4. The Anti–Critical Race Theory Movement Will Profoundly Affect Public Education by Daniel Kriess
5. Charter schools are publicly funded — but there’s big money in selling them by Valerie Strauss
6. The Importance of Student Reflection in PBL by Rachelle Dene Poth
7. How to Take Your Company From Good to Great in 4 Radical Steps by Marcel Schwantes
8. Unpacking 5 Myths About Management by Stephen Bungay
9. These Strategies Will Help You Influence How Decisions Get Made by Robert C. Bordone
10. The Conversation Workout by Jim Knight
11. The Psychology Behind Meeting Overload by Ashley Whillans
12. Public Education: Defending a Cornerstone of American Democracy. Edited by Berliner and Hermanns
13. How to Come Across as a Leader when You Speak in Public by Gary Genard

November 9, 2021

1. The Horace Mann League Annual Meeting and Awards for 2022
2. The Horace Mann League Podcast Series
3. Do fraught school board meetings offer a view of the future? by Ariel Galbreath
4. A new case on public funding and religious education on the Scotus blog
5. Three Steps to Fight Online Disinformation and Extremism by Peter Singer
6. The Necessary Art of Persuasion by Jay A. Conger
7. School’s Choice: How Charter Schools Control Access and Shape Enrollment by Wagma Mommandi and Kevin Welner
8. Is Education a Public Good or a Private Benefit? by Ed Kilgore
9. Educators on the Impact of Teacher Evaluation on the NPE site
10. Public Education: Defending a Cornerstone of American Democracy. Edited by Berliner and Hermanns
11. Bonus Article: 10 Tips for Better Landscape Photography by Leanne Cole
12. 13 Best-Tips for Leadership Success on the INC site.
13. How These Top Leaders Perform at the Highest Level — Day After Day on the INC site.

November 2, 2021

1. The Horace Mann League Awards for 2022
2. The Horace Mann League Podcast Series
3. Tapping Into Your Natural Talents by Gary Genard
4. The Most Emotionally Intelligent People Embrace This Simple Rule of Decision-Making by Justin Bariso
5. Building a Positive School Climate Through Restorative Practices by Sarah Klevan
6. Anti-racism and equity in schools are empirical, not ideological by April Callen
7. We Need to Talk About an Off-Ramp for Masking at School by Jessica Grose
8. 10 reasons why discussing race in class improves outcomes for all students by Matt Zalaznick
9. Opponents of critical race theory seek to flip school boards by Michael Melia
10. Public Education: Defending a Cornerstone of American Democracy. Edited by Berliner and Hermanns
11. 12 Ways To Eliminate Stress At Work by Jenna Goudreau
12. Coping with stress at work on the American Psychological Association
13. Getting Back to the Basics of Human Connection by Edward S. Brodkin

October 26, 2021

1. The Horace Mann League Awards for 2022
2. Tell us what’s on your mind about
3. The Horace Mann League Podcast Series
4. People With These 5 Personality Traits Have What It Takes To Survive (Pretty Much) Anything by Mitzi Bockmann
5. Five Myths About Education on the NEPC site.
6. Why Flat Earthers, Moon Landing Truthers, and Other Conspiracy Theorists Believe Their Own Nonsense by John V. PetrocelliSuccessful Leadership Comes From Successful Mentorship by Matt Duffy
7. 5 Questions the Most Interesting People Will Always Ask in Conversations by Marcel Schwantes
8. Parents should have an important role in education, but bullying schools isn’t itby the Washington Post editorial board.
9. Public Education: Defending a Cornerstone of American Democracy Edited by Berliner and Hermanns
10. Understanding School Principal Attrition and Mobility Through Hierarchical Generalized Linear Modeling by Abebayehu Aemero
11. 5 Things High-Performing Teams Do Differently by Ron Friedman

October 19, 2021

1. The Horace Mann League Podcast Series
2. What Motivates Lifelong Learners by John Hagel
3. 9 ways school leaders can protect privacy while protecting kids online by Matt Zalaznick
4. 3 Life Goal Red Flags That Actually Prove You’re More Successful Than You Think, Backed by Science by Jeff Hayden
5. The impact of voucher programs: A deep dive into the research by Pedro Enamorado
6. Structural Support to Promote Teacher Well-being by Doris A. Santoro
7. 5 Reasons Not to Quit Your Job (Yet) by Amii Barnard-Bahn
8. Public Education: Defending a Cornerstone of American Democracy by Berliner and Hermanns
9. 16 Common Teaching Practices to Leave Behind by Noble Ingram
10. Does School Quality Matter? Returns to Education and the Characteristics of Public Schools in the United States by David Card
11. What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions by David A. Garvin
12. 8 pros and cons of shortening your school week to 4 days by Matt Zalaznick

October 12, 2021

1. The Horace Mann League Podcast Series
2. How to Persuade Any Audience by Gary Genard
3. National School Boards Association Statement on the NSBA site.
4. 10 Critical Best Practices for Concise, Engaging School Communications by Marci McFadden
5. Four Email Tips for School Leaders by Megel Barker
6. 3 Ways Administrators Can Show They Care About Teachers as People by Jessica Cabeen
7. Whatever Happened to Digital Textbooks? by Larry Cuban
8. The Myth of Civic Education by Samuel Goldman
9. Are Women Still Under-represented as School Principals? Tony Bush
10. Decision Making: Choosing wisely by Carey Morewedge
11. Public Education: Defending a Cornerstone of American Democracy by Berliner and Hermann
12. Ready…Set…Success: A Formula for Leading Schools with Love by Julie Causton
13. Gov Needs to Step Up to Help Schools by Emerson Lynn
14. The 100 Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity reviewed by Art Stellar
15. Photos You Should Always Have on Your Phone by Kim Komando

October 5, 2021

1. Podcast: The State of Public Education in 2021 by David Berliner and Diane Ravitch. Bill Mathis, moderator.
2. Podcast: Leading a School District During a Pandemic by Jim Suftin, Luvelle Brown, and Andi Fouris, with Jimmy Minichello, the moderator
3. Podcast: Challenges and Opportunities in Leading Leadership in Rural School Districts with Jeanne Collins (VT), Doug Burge (WA), and Laura Barron (MT).
4. What Is the Purpose of School by Stephen Sawchuk
5. A Tumultuous Path for Those Leading the Way by Dan Domenech
6. The Science of Learning by Mary Ellen Flannery
7. Every Leader Has Flaws. Don’t Let Yours Derail Your Strategy. by Ron Carucci
8. Why charter schools are not as ‘public’ as they claim to be by Kevin Welner
9. 2021 EdTech Top 40 on the Learn Newsletter
10. Managing Oneself by Peter F. Drucker
11. Public Education: Defending a Cornerstone of American Democracy by Berliner and Hermanns (A book soon to be published.)
12. Why Do U.S. Schools Do What They Do? (Part 2) by Larry Cuban
13. Don’t Let Power Corrupt You by Julie Battilana
14. 5 Techniques to Build Rapport with Your Colleagues by Christina Hillsberg
15. Values-Alignment Messaging Boosts Adolescents’ Motivation to Control Social Media Use by Brian M. Galla
16. This is what determines whether or not most people will become successful in life by Nicolas Cole

September 28, 2021

1. Podcast: The State of Public Education in 2021 by David Berliner and Diane Ravitch with Bill Mathis, the moderator.
2. Podcast: Leading a School District During a Pandemic by Jim Suftin, Luvelle Brown, and Andi Fouris, with Jimmy Minichello, the moderator
3. How to Say “No” After Saying “Yes” by Melody Wilding
4. How to Help School Boards Resist Pressure Groups by Andrea Gabor
5. What advice he would give a young person on how to be successful by Warren Buffett
6. Big questions about the 2021 standardized test scores
7. by Valerie Strauss
8. It’s Become Increasingly Hard for Them to Feel Good About Themselves by Thomas B. Edsall
9. 5 Red Flags That Someone Is Not Fit to Lead People by Marcel Schwantes
10. The Myth That Better Schools Will Reduce Inequalities in Wealth and Health by Larry Cuban
11. All Eyes on Enrollment as K-12 Students Return to School by Esmeralda Romero
12. 2021’s Best & Worst States for Teachers by Adam McCann
13. Public Education Defending a Cornerstone of American Democracy. Edited by David C. Berliner, and Carl Hermanns
14. How to Use Natural, Strong Gestures for Public Speaking by Gary Genard
15. How to Be a Smart Contrarian by Chengwei Liu
16. Empathy Is The Most Important Leadership Skill According To Research by Tracy Brower

September 21, 2021

1. Podcast: The State of Public Education in 2021 by David Berliner and Diane Ravitch with Bill Mathis, the moderator.
2. Podcast: Leading a School District During a Pandemic by Jim Suftin, Luvelle Brown, and Andi Fouris, with Jimmy Minichello, the moderator
3. Public schools, vouchers, privatization, and educational choice: Be careful what you wish for by Denis Smith
4. The Tragedy of America’s Rural Schools by Casey Parks
5. Lesson plans are necessary tools for teaching: Alan’s 14 Suggestions to Help Lesson Planning by Alan Singer
6. Polls Show Faith in Public Schools on the School Matters site.
7. Cognitive Gadgets Theory Might Change Your Mind—Literally reviewed by Benjamin Riley
8. How to Be a Leader Who Stays True to Their Ethics by Michael Beer
9. Are We Asking Schools to Do Too Much? By Mark Lieberman
10. Public Education: Why it Should be Treasured by Diane Ravitch
11. Managers Vs Leadership – What’s The Difference? by Aaron McCloud
12. Public Education Defending a Cornerstone of American Democracy. Edited by David C. Berliner, and Carl Hermanns
13. Bonus Article: The Best Time Of The Day To Take Photos: 24 Effective Tips by Mark Hemmings

September 14, 2021

1. Podcast: The State of Public Education in 2021 by David Berliner and Diane Ravitch with Bill Mathis, the moderator.
2. Podcast: Leading a School District During a Pandemic by Jim Suftin, Luvelle Brown, and Andi Fouris, with Jimmy Minichello, the moderator
3. The Tragedy of America’s Rural Schools by Casey Parks
4. 5 Ways Leaders Can Make Tough Conversations Easier
5. Leadership Tenacity and Public-School Superintendents by Barbara A. Klocko
6. Social Media, Social Networks, and the New Social Continuum by Alan J. Daly
7. Characteristics of the Common School System Are Not Traits of Charter Schools by William L. Phillis
8. Do You Feel Guilty All The Time? by Marijn Wiersma
9. Public Education: Defending A Cornerstone of American Democracyedited by David Berliner and Carl Hermanns
10. The Makings of a Successful School Leader by Joseph Lathan

September 7, 2021

1. Sample Letters to Parents regarding COVID
2. Podcast: The State of Public Education in 2021by David Berliner and Diane Ravitch with Bill Mathis, the moderator.
3. Podcast: Leading a School District During a Pandemic by Jim Suftin, Luvelle Brown, and Andi Fouris, with Jimmy Minichello, the moderator
4. Why School Board Elections Should Stay Nonpartisan by Michael R. Ford 
5. How to Turn Your Anxiety Into an Entrepreneurial Superpower by Jason Saltzman
6. PDK Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools, A supplement to Kappan Journal
7. How to encourage family and friends to stop spreading misinformation on social media by Kristen Rogers
8. Crisis Leadership in Schools by Corinne Brion
9. How to Ask a Colleague to Mask Up by Vanessa Bohns
10. The Smart Way to Get Your Audience to Take Some Action by Gary Genard
11. The Focused Leader by Daniel Goleman
12. Public Education: Defending A Cornerstone of American Democracyedited by David Berliner and Carl Hermanns

August 31, 2021

1. Sample Letters to Parents regarding COVID
2. Podcast: The State of Public Education in 2021by David Berliner and Diane Ravitch with Bill Mathis, the moderator.
3. Podcast: Leading a School District During a Pandemic by Jim Suftin, Luvelle Brown, and Andi Fouris, with Jimmy Minichello, the moderator
4. Communicating with Levity Words matter by Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas
5. Critical Race Theory Isn’t a Curriculum. It’s a Practice by Stephen Sawchuk
6. What to Do if Persons Refuse to Wear a Face Covering by the WSSDA.
7. School starting age and mental health by Thomas S. Dee
8. The Effects of School Starting Times on Academic Achievement by Peter Hinrichs
9. School Start Times for Middle School and High School Students by Anne G. Wheaton
10. Understanding the Dunning-Kruger Effect by the staff of Psychology Today
11. The Real Reason Kids Don’t Like School by Arthur C. Brooks
12. Why Disruptive Innovation Doesn’t Work and What Strategy to Use Instead by Soren Kaplan
13. Why Do Administrators Retain Low-Performing Teachers? by Luis A. Rodriguez
14. How to Breathe to Stay Calm, Focused, and Confident by Gary Genard
15. Public Education: Defending A Cornerstone of American Democracyedited by David Berliner and Carl Hermanns

August 24, 2021

1. Podcast: The State of Public Education in 2021by David Berliner and Diane Ravitch with Bill Mathis, the moderator.
2. Podcast: Leading a School District During a Pandemic by Jim Suftin, Luvelle Brown, and Andi Fouris, with Jimmy Minichello, the moderator
3. Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life. How to be Spontaneously Funny
4. 8 Things Leaders Do That Makes Employees Quit by Jon Christiansen
5. How Outsiders Become Game Changers by Gino Cattani
6. Status, Growth, and Perceptions of School Quality David M. Houston
7. How Can You Be a Good Virtual Speaker When You Can’t See Anyone? by Gary Genard
8. 10 Top Concepts Schools Should Keep in Mind when Designing Outdoor Classrooms by Matt Zalaznick
9. School District Membership
10. 5 strategies to help school leaders combat pandemic fatigue by Katie Navarra
11. Old ideas, not new ones, are the key to education — and democracy by Derek W. Black
12. Big education funders are coming together to seek ‘breakthroughs.’ Will it work? by Matt Barnum
13. Public Education: Defending A Cornerstone of American Democracyedited by Berliner and Hermanns
14. The Magic of a Noisy Classroom by Sarah Gonser
15. School Board Meeting Etiquette by Lena Eisenstein

August 17, 2021

1. Podcast: The State of Public Education in 2021by David Berliner and Diane Ravitch with Bill Mathis, the moderator.
2. Podcast: Leading a School District During a Pandemic by Jim Suftin, Luvelle Brown, and Andi Fouris, with Jimmy Minichello, the moderator
3. Doubts, Anger, and Anxiety: What It’s Like to Go to School Now by Dana Goldstein
4. Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life. The Anatomy of Funny – Chapter 3 Forming the Funny
5. Let’s Talk About Our Career Failures by Lan Nguyen Chaplin
6. Schools, Not Teachers, Must Reduce Stress and Burnout—Here’s How by Sarah Gonser
7. Public School Advocates Must Sharpen Their Message by Jan Resseger
8. How the 10-Second Rule Can Dramatically Change Your Conversations and Make You a Better Leader by Jason Aten
9. 50 Strategies to Create Community and Revolutionize Classroom Management By Laurie Barron
10. What counts as a good school? A conversation with Larry Cuban by Rafael Heller
11. 10 Exceptional Strategies For Extraordinary Executives by David Olson
12. Charters were supposed to save public education. Why are Americans turning against them? by Jack Schneider
13. Leadership Lessons From the Kitchen Table: 17 Superintendents share insights by Theresa Rouse and James Harvey
14. Loneliness Is Breaking America by Michelle Goldberg
15. The pandemic challenged school administrators – but didn’t break by David Title
16. The Ability to Appreciate the Culture by Jack Mckay
17. School leaders brace for mask bullying in fall by Shawna De La Rosa

August 10, 2021

1. The State of Public Education in 2021 by David Berliner and Diane Ravitch
2. A Vacancy on the Horace Mann League Board of Directors
3. Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life. The Anatomy of Funny by Jennifer Aaker
4. The Power of the Culture by Jack Mckay
5. These 4 Words Are Killing Your Credibility.by Jason Aton
6. Of School Boards and Superintendents by Lee D. Flood
7. The School Board – Superintendent Marriage – and Divorce. References by Lee D. Flood
8. Taking Over for a Bad Leader? Follow These Steps by Andrew Blum
9. To Counter “Critical Race Theory” Attacks, Advocacy Groups Dodge the Term by Rachel Cohen
10. For-Profit Charter Schools Using Our Children for Profit by Jeff Bryan
11. The Fall 2021 school District Challenge by Betsy Arons
12. The Commercial Transformation of America’s Schools by Alex Molnar
13. Let’s Not Lose Sight of the Harm Done by Federally Mandated Testing by Jan Resseger
14. U.S. Department of Education Releases “Return to School Roadmap”
15. What Is Critical Race Theory, and Why Is It Under Attack? by Stephen Sawchuk
16. Public Education: Maintaining A Cornerstone of Democracyedited by David Berliner and Carl Hermanns
17. Reprimand letter ends Iowa superintendent’s virus dispute by Scott NcFetridge
18. The Only Icebreaker You Need to Spark Interesting Conversations With Absolutely Anyone by Betsy Mikel
19. Governor’s political school mask mandate by the Editorial Board
20. The School Leader’s Special topics and Archived Posts (Updated)

August 3, 2021

1. The State of Public Education in 2021 by David Berliner and Diane Ravitch
2. Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life Your Brain on Humor Chapter 2 by Jennifer Aaker
3. Elites Profit From “Nonprofit” Charter Schools by Carol Burris
4. Opening the Schoolhouse Door for Patrons by Jack McKay
5. The culture war over critical race theory looks like the one waged 50 years ago over sex education by Valarie Stauss
6. The Six Leadership Lessons I Learned From the Pandemic by David Vroonland 
7. Best and worst state school systems by Adam McCann
8. Good schools for a troubled democracy by Jon Valant
9. Strategies to Address Political Polarization in the Workplace by Dawn Chow
10. Pitch Your Next Idea Like a Stand Up Comedian by Papa CJ
11. Why School Boards Are Now Hot Spots for Nasty Politics by Stephen Sawchuk 
12. School board politics have never been so polarized, partisan, and hostile to racial equity by Eder Campuzano
13. Peer Disruption and Learning: Links between Suspensions and the Educational Achievement of Non-Suspended Students by Na Young Hwang
14. The Only Icebreaker You Need to Spark Interesting Conversations With Absolutely Anyone by Betsy Mikel
15. Public Education: Maintaining A Cornerstone of Democracyedited by David Berliner and Carl Hermanns

July 27, 2021

1. League Expands Engagement of Members – Podcasts
2. Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life by Jennifer Aaker
3. Four Things Schools Won’t Be Able to Do Under ‘Critical Race Theory’ Laws by Eesha Pendharkar
4. School leaders are doubling down on mental health first aid training by the DA staff
5. Low pass rates create a challenge for policymakers and teacher preparation programs on the National Council on Teacher Quality
6. School Reopening Decisions Were More About Politics and Power than Safety and the Needs of Families by Corey A. DeAngelis
7. The Conservative Case Against Banning Critical Race Theory by Aziz Huq
8. The Deceptive Language of School Choice by Diane Ravitch
9. Doing School “Different” vs “Better” by A.J.Juliani
10. History Under Siege: The GOP, Critical Race Theory, and the Struggle against White Supremacy, by Eric J. Weiner
11. School Board gets wires crossed trying to defuse critical race theory bomb by the News Tribune Editorial Board
12. Now a war over critical race theory is tearing this small town apart by Hannah Natanson
13. Understand How Charter Schools Often Aren’t Public by Wagma Mommandi
14. Why Rejected Internal Candidates End Up Quitting by JR Keller 
15. Public Education: Maintaining A Cornerstone of Democracyedited by David Berliner and Carl Hermanns
16. 10 Summer Landscape Photography Tips (+ Examples) by Jeremy Flint

July 21, 2021

1. League Expands Engagement of Members – Podcasts
2. The Best Interview Question You Can Ask by Jim Schlecker
3. The 5 Whys: A Secret Technique to Get to the Bottom of Any Issue by Jim Schlecker
4. Career Advice from Wildly Successful People by Amantha Imber
5. Rural American students shift away from math and science during high school by Jill Barshay
6. Why conservatives keep losing the education wars by Samuel Goldman
7. School board president takes heat at conservative ‘critical race theory’ forum by Chase Hutchinson
8. What makes a high-quality professional development program? by Roger Riddell
9. Top 5 Reasons Why a Teacher Will Leave A School District by Chelsea Penney
10. How to Minimize Stress Before, During, and After Your Vacation by Tristan Elizabeth Gribbin
11. 4 Situations You Should Never Use Email For by David Finkel
12. 5 Times You Should Have Sent an Email Instead by David Finkel
13. Buyer beware: Using external providers to improve schools by Bryan A. VanGronigen
14. Public Education: Maintaining A Cornerstone of Democracyedited by David Berliner and Carl Hermanns
15. 10 Summer Landscape Photography Tips (+ Examples) by Jeremy Flint

July 13, 2021

1. League Expands Engagement of Members – Podcasts
2. Harnessing the 5 benefits of online learning post-COVID by Matt Zalaznick
3. Could a School-Board Fight Over Critical Race Theory? by Maya King
4. School Reform and Classroom Practice by Larry Cuban
5. Understanding the critical race theory debate by Peter Weber
6. How to Manage Interruptions in Meetings by Harrison Monarth
7. Superintendent Pandemic Lesson: Don’t Go It Alone by Morcease Beasley
8. How to Measure Student Progress Without Standardized Tests by Jordan Walker
9. Creative Alternatives to Standardized Test Taking on the American University site
10. 7 problems with standardized testing in American schools on the Integrated Learning Society site.
11. Marketing Your School Through Digital Innovationsby Danielle Clark
12. To Be Successful, Chase Your Purpose, Not Your Passion by Jessica Stillman
13. Handwriting beats typing and watching videos for learning to read by Brenda Rapp

July 6, 2021

1. League Expands Engagement of Members – Podcasts
2. Schools Weigh Discipline After Supreme Court Ruling on Student Speech by Yoree Koh
3. Conquer Your Self-Doubt in Meetings by Sabina Nawaz
4. Negative Factors That Are Evaluated During An Interview by Les Porter
5. Multiple Intelligences Theory: Widely Used, Yet Misunderstood by Youki Terada
6. What Does It Take to Build a Culture of Belonging? by Julia Taylor Kennedy
7. 5 Strategies for Getting More Work Done in Less Time by Elizabeth Grace Saunders
8. Defending Public Schools, Defending Democracy by Wayne Ross
9. The challenge for educators amid the critical race theory backlash by Karen Attiah
10. Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life by Jennifer Aaker
11. 7 Phrases Every Leader Should Say More Often to Build Trust by Katie Burke
12. Public Education: Maintaining A Cornerstone of Democracyedited by David Berliner

June 29, 2021

1. League Expands Engagement of Members – Podcasts
2. Supreme Court sides with high school cheerleader in a free-speech dispute over profane Snapchat rant by Robert Barnes
3. How Can You Be Sure Someone Has What It Takes to Lead People? by Marcel Schwantes
4. ‘Americans of all stripes should be concerned,” about critical race theory restrictions by Matt Zalaznick
5. Stay Cool Under Pressure — Without Appearing Cold by Anne Sugar
6. After a year of distance learning, where are classroom design trends headed? by Shawna De La Rosa
7. Anyone Can Learn to Be a Better Leader by Monique Valcour
8. Neoliberalism and Four Spheres of Authority in American Education: Business, Class, Stratification, and Intimations of Marketization by Brian Ford
9. A Little Recognition Can Provide a Big Morale Boost by Shibeal O’Flaherty
10. Examining The Role of an Effective School Superintendent by Derrick Meador
11. Stress, stressors, superintendents, and school boards By Adam Ehrman
12. Avoid These Mistakes in a Tough Conversation by James R. Deter
13. Eleven Ways to Relax While Speaking in Public by Gary Genard

June 23, 2021

1. Two Ways to Make a Lasting Impression on Your Audience by Gary Genard
2. How to Prevent a Rising Star from Flaming Out by Balazs Szatmari
3. Schools in Transition: Creating a Diverse School Community by Donald Easton-Brooks
4. The Problem with Saying “Don’t Bring Me Problems, Bring Me Solutions” by Sabina Nawaz
5. Don’t Underestimate the Power of Luck When It Comes to Success by Chengwei Liu
6. Employee Motivation: A Powerful New Model by Nitin Nohria
7. As the difficult school year ends, school superintendents are opting out by Valarie Strauss
8. The Differences Between Each Living Generation by Jennifer Taylor
9. 10 Reasons to Use the Telephone Rather than Email by Sam Rainer
10. 5 Questions to Ask When Starting a New Job by Michael D. Watkins 

June 16, 2021

1. 5 Questions the Most Interesting People Will Ask by Marcel Schwantes
2. Is the Charter Schools Program financing white-flight academies? by Valarie Strauss
3. Characteristics of Outlier Schools: Illuminating the strengths of American Indian/Alaska Native, Black, Latino/a, and Students Experiencing Poverty by Gene Sharratt, et al.
4. The Growing Segmentation of the Charter School Sector in North Carolina by Helen F. Ladd
5. How to Get Your Team to Stop Asking You Every Little Question by Maura Thomas
6. Five pandemic-era education practices that deserve to be dumped in the dustbin by Michael J. Petrilli
7. Putting the Science of Learning and Development Into Action by Linda Darling-Hammond, et. at.
8. 5 Questions about Teaching Critical Race Theory as Bans Spread by Matt Zalaznick
9. Positive Ethnic Theory by Sam Smith
10. Based Professional Learning Can Boost Student Outcomes by Jim Short
11. Why Intentionally Building Empathy Is More Important Now Than Ever by Katrina Schwartz
12. Challenging Your Implicit Leadership Theory by Wiley W. Souba
13. Being the Most Interesting Person in the Room by Marcel Schwantes
14. Walt Warfield, Past President of the Horace Mann League
15. Superintendent Miscellaneous Benefits by Christian Rogers

June 7, 2021

1. Developing Foundational Skills on the Edutopia site.
2. Ask Yourself These 3 Questions by Jeff Hayden
3. Successful school leadership by the Education Develop Trust
4. How to Measure Inclusion in the Workplace by Lauren Romansky
5. Central Office Leadership in Principal Professional Learning Communities by Meredith I. Honig
6. Here’s How to Tell Within 5 Minutes If Someone Has High Emotional Intelligence by Marcel Schwantes
7. Identify — and Hire — Lifelong Learners by Marc Zao-Sanders
8. 7 Key Components of Successful Presentations by Gary Genard
9. The kind of teaching kids need right now by By Larry Ferlazzomon
10. Education and the Crisis of Public Values by Henry Giroux
11. When Netflix Isn’t Enough: Fostering True Recovery for Educators by Allison Rodman
12. Broken Promises: An Analysis of Charter School Closures on the NPE site.
13. Decision making can be improved through observational learning by Haewon Yoon
14. The Future of Work Is Now. 6 Trends You Need to Know by Bernard Coleman

1. Quote for the Week
2. Big Plans to Raise Educational Standards Will Never Work by Larry Cuban
3. 4 Ways to Manage Your Energy More Effectively by Elizabeth Grace Saunders
4. Educational Leadership in the Twitterverse: Social Media, Social Networks, and the New Social Continuum by Alan J. Daly
5. 6 Strategies for Leading Through Uncertainty by Rebecca Zucker 
6. The indisputable truth: Strong public schools build strong communities by Becky Glover 
7. When Teachers Succeed, Students Do, Too. How to Support Educators After One of the Most Traumatic Years of Their Lives by Sandra Liu Huang
8. Asking the Right Research Questions by Nora Gordon
9. Think Again: Leadership Book Review by Richard Batts
10. Reshaping Assessment and Accountability in 2021 and Beyond by Bonnie O’Keefe
11. Stop Talking Over Each Other in Virtual Meetings by Allison Shapira
12. Leading Through Crisis on the Chronicle of Higher Education site
13. Understand the 4 Components of Influence by Nick Morgan
14. Why are parents so mad in one of America’s best school districts? by Story Hinckley
15. Hundreds rally at the Washougal (WA) District Office against masks and equity policy change by Meg Wochnick
16. The How Learning Happens video series by Linda Darling-Hammond
17. The Weekly HML Post Index for 2021 (January through April)

1. Quote for the Week
2. How To Keep A Conversation Going: 10 Tips For Texting, Dates & More by Sarah Regan
3. 3 Rules of Effective Email Management You Need to Know by Marcel Schwantes
4. Brown at 67: Segregation, Resegregation, and the Promise of Federal Policy by Janel George
5. The Complexity of Daily Principal Decision-making by Larry Cuban
6. Evaluation of a New Theory of the Racial Achievement Gap by Stuart S. Yeh
7. 10 Ideas for Effective Hybrid Events by Alex Palmer
8. Want to Become a Better Leader? Question Your Assumptions by Adam Grant
9. What Is Critical Race Theory, and Why Is It Under Attack by Stephen Sawchuk
10. School Choice and “The Truly Disadvantaged by Albert Cheng
11. Advancing Instruction and Leadership in the Nation’s Schools by Ricki Price-Baugh
12. How To Start A Podcast: A Complete Step-By-Step Tutorial by Ross Winn
13. 4 Characteristics of An Influential Speaker by Gary Genard
14. The developmental value of extracurricular programs by Andrea Vest Ettekal
15. The Weekly HML Post Index for 2021 (January through April)

1. Quote for the Week
2. Why is “Critical Race Theory” Controversial and What Is it? by Diane Ravitch
3. Does Your District’s Way of Decisionmaking Reinforce Systemic Racism? by Jennifer Cheatham
4. Set Yourself Up for a Promotion by Ruchi Sinha
5. (Book)The Superintendent and the CEO: Building an Effective Team by Brian Benzel
6. (Book) Applying Turbulence Theory to Educational Leadership in Challenging Times – A Case-Based Approach by Steven Jay Gross
7. Why the Best Ideas Fail the Elevator Test by Jessica Stillman
8. A History of Achievement Testing in the United States Or: Explaining the Persistence of Inadequacy by Ethan Hutt
9. What civics education should really look like by Carol D. Lee
10. Civic Reasoning and Discourse by Carol D. Lee,
11. Summer Learning and Beyond: Opportunities for Creating Equity by Megan Bang
12. Start with a Culture of Shared Values by Greg Satell 
13. “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance” with Ben Fried
14. The Weekly HML Post Index for 2021 (January through April)

1. Quote for the Week
2. Where the Federal Government’s Charter School Program Went Wrong by Jeff Bryant
3. The Key to Reading People by Hunter Gehlbach
4. The next political battleground: school boards by Stef W. Kight
5. Critical Race Theory on the Purdue Online
6. How to Nail a Hybrid Presentation by Sarah Gershman
7. Effects of a four-day schedule on student achievement by Paul Thompson
8. The Myth of Accountability: How Data (Mis)Use is Reinforcing the Problems of Public Education by Claire Fontaine
9. How You Define the Problem Determines Whether You Solve It by Art Markman
10. How to Control Your Emotions During a Difficult Conversation by Amy Gallo
11. Diversity is the Most Important Reason to Save Public Schools by Steven Singer
12. School Building PR: A Winning Strategy in Our Era of Competition by Rich Bagin
13. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
14. “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance” with Ben Fried and Angela Duckworth
15. The Weekly HML Post Index for 2021 (January through April)