Introducing The Leadership Project

Over the last few weeks I’ve been scratching my head a lot, thinking about characteristics of leadership and educational change.  So far I’m excited to see that there are others out there that are interested in this topic and have been checking in.  However, my original goal in starting Learn[ed]Leadership wasn’t just to examine the traits of leadership–and why bother, there are thousands of books out there...

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The Changing World of Education: Kony 2012

I’m beginning to see that we are living at the edge of a very unusual time in education.  My students helped me discover this today by introducing me to a documentary on Joseph Kony the Ugandan warlord. By now you may have heard of the Kony 2012 campaign designed by the US based non-profit Invisible Children (If not I’ll post the documentary at the bottom).  Since the videos initial release, just earlier this week, over 60...

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Your Questions For Dr. Krajczar

As I mentioned in previous posts the goal of this blog is to learn more about great leadership in international education and where it’s happening.  Since I’m just about out of ideas, I’ve been lucky enough to connect with someone who should have some good thoughts on the topic. I’m excited to announce that Dr. Richard Krajczar has agreed to meet with me to share his thoughts on leadership and international...

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Is Admin To Blame For All Our Problems

Although this editorial is about the education system in the US, it says some pretty provocative things about administrators in general.  I think most responsible administrators would accept a lot of responsibility for their school’s success or failure, but do they deserve the most blame?  Is poor leadership as endemic in school administration as Mr. White seems to think?  Are international schools different, or are our problems...

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Make Room for the Introverts

A great TED Talk about society’s view of introverts and our obsession with extroverted leadership. How can we as teachers, administrators, parents, etc rethink the way we view introverts and extroverts?  Are you an introvert?  How about your school’s leaders?  Is your school a good place to be an...

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