Leadership Matters - November 2014

Conference Candids

Jon Gordon, author of “The Energy Bus: Drive your School District with Optimism, Passion, and Purpose,” talked about the best leaders being “lifelong learners.”

Hall Davidson, Senior Director of Global Learning Initiatives, Discovery Education, sported Google glasses as he discussed the need for educators to adapt to digital-age technologies.

Rafe Esquith, an award-winning teacher at Hobart Boulevard Elementary School in Lost Angeles, talked about what it takes to effectively connect in the classroom with children who face all types of obstacles.

Suhail Farooqui, Founder and CEO of K12 Insight, discussed battling not only budget deficits in public education, but deficits in public trust, which can be even more destructive.

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