Raymond J. McNulty, president of the International Center for Leadership in Education discusses that in order to see real change in our schools and move the needle on closing the achievement gap, school leaders need to try some things that aren’t “proven.” Organizations need to experiment with “next practices” not best practices that have been researched and proven.
Lessons Learned: As Einstein said long ago, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Lessons learned have clearly shown that schools need to replace traditional and status quo methodologies with new and innovative tools to help improve student achievement, improve student safety and reduce overall costs.