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Paid Principal Residency, Real Leadership
April 28, 2026

Paid Principal Residency, Real Leadership

Send us Fan Mail A paid principal residency sounds almost too good to be true, but North Carolina is doing it and doing it with real rigor. From the floor of the NCASA Conference in Wellington, we sit down with Lauren, direct...
Relationships That Raise Scores
April 28, 2026

Relationships That Raise Scores

Send us Fan Mail A conference hallway can be louder than a classroom, but it can also reveal what great school leadership sounds like. From the NCASA conference in Wilmington, North Carolina, we sit down with Saida, principal...
When Recognition Becomes Instant
April 27, 2026

When Recognition Becomes Instant

Send us Fan Mail A student prevents a fight before it starts, and a principal turns it into a moment the whole class will remember. That’s the kind of fast, specific recognition that can shift school culture, and it’s the hea...
Leading Through Educational Technology
April 22, 2026

Leading Through Educational Technology

Send us Fan Mail Educational leadership can feel like a mystery from the outside, so we wanted to make it concrete. We talk with Jessica, a vice president in a statewide education technology organization, about what her role ...
3D Printing In Elementary Schools
April 22, 2026

3D Printing In Elementary Schools

Send us Fan Mail You can feel it in the hallway conversations at KAST: schools are not asking whether technology belongs in the classroom anymore. The real question is how to make it matter. From Louisville, Kentucky, I sit d...
Why K-12 Districts Choose Byte Speed PCs
April 21, 2026

Why K-12 Districts Choose Byte Speed PCs

Send us Fan Mail A school device rollout can look perfect on paper and still fail in the real world if support is slow, warranties are short, and deployment is a slog. That’s why we sat down with Garrett, an account manager a...