Reading Round-Up

[Raynise]

Here are a few articles from our partners  AASA and K12 Futures Collaborative.

• Blog: When the Superintendent-District Fit Isn't Right Strong leaders can struggle in the wrong environment, with the wrong timing, or without the necessary relational alignment and support.

• Blog: Why Teacher Leadership Matters for Lasting School Improvement As districts navigate evolving instructional needs, teacher leaders are the key to lasting, systemic change that can sustain improvement over time.

• Blog: The Last Chapter Shapes the First: Why Ending Strong Matters As another school year draws to a close, I am reminded that one of the greatest gifts of our profession is the opportunity to continually start anew. In education, endings are never really endings. They are transitions.

• Blog: Bring Back the 80s Summer We talk constantly about the whole child. We build portraits of a learner. We write strategic plans anchored in purpose, belonging, and excellence. But all of that depends on our children, how healthy they are, how open they are to learning and experiencing, how child-like they are.

• BlackRock Future Builders Launches $25 Million National RFP to Expand America’s Skilled Trades Workf... BlackRock today launched a $25 million nationwide Request for Proposals (RFP) as the next phase of BlackRock Future Builders, its $100 million philanthropic effort to build and strengthen America’s skilled trades workforce, reaching 50,000 American workers over the next five years. Through the RFP, over two funding cycles, The BlackRock Foundation will award two-year grants ranging from $500,000 to $1 million per award.