Unless we address it, all of our unfinished childhood and relationship issues will be triggered by the demands of urgent education and will spill onto our colleagues. And, we won't even know what happened.

If teachers can relate to the Kids and teach them things, and there is mutual respect – not love – mutual respect – compliance is not hard to get. Dr. Martin Haberman: Click here →Distinguished Educator Conversations -- KIPP/NLU

Star Teacher Characteristic
Dr. Martin Haberman, who has been researching Star Teachers for 50 years, says they don't join committees: they are completely focused on their students. Only about 7% of teachers are Stars, according to his definition. If you are fortunate enough to have one of them on your team, will you honor this choice? If so, how will you manage your team around this?

Do you know the difference?
Dr. Martin Haberman, who has been researching Star Teachers and Star Principals for nearly 50 years, says that many teachers don't really know developmentally appropriate behavior in their students. Do we attribute typical 12-year-old-kids-acting-out behavior, to the behavior of kids who live in a culture of poverty? Do we develop our school culture around this confusion?

What lessons in leadership were offered to you today?

Congratulations to our fabulous Fisher Fellows for presenting their School Design Plans here in Chicago! Now they return home to turn their vision into reality.

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