Educators who wish to change their schools for the better must first take a look at themselves.
And that goes for both teachers and administrators, said Anthony Muhammad, a former principal and an author and education consultant who gave a lecture Thursday about transforming school culture.
“Are you prepared to turn your window to a mirror? It’s easier to look outside a transparent piece of glass and describe everything you see wrong with the outside world,” said Muhammad, who as principal turned around a middle school outside Detroit, doubling student proficiency in state assessments in five years.
via Vallejo speaker urges schools to avoid ‘toxic cultures’.