Somewhere along the way, accountability  became a dirty word in education. It began to feel synonymous with stress, evaluation, or even punishment — something done to  educators rather than with  them. But true accountability is not about blame or compliance. It’s about ownership, alignment, and collective responsibility for results that matter because we are in this together . Accountability as Motivation At its best, accountability is empowering. It provides the structure t

I’m still thinking about the most recent State of the School event we held at my school just a few weeks ago. I’m still vibrating from...

A misstep that I see leaders make is thinking it’s our job to determine what everyone needs - and then giving each the same thing.