WE'VE MADE EVERYTHING EASIER. FOR WHO?
Digital convenience can shift work onto parents, applicants and customers. Mike Pope asks who actually benefits when an organization makes a process easier.
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DIDN'T YOU READ THE EMAIL?
Three children. Three buildings. Newsletters, apps, links, logins, deadlines. Mike Pope asks how much unpaid administrative work schools expect parents to do just to keep up.
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School messages should make required actions easy to find. Mike Pope distinguishes publishing information from giving families clear, usable instructions.
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Fresh eyes matter. So does what the people already there have learned. Mike Pope asks how schools can preserve the reasons behind important decisions when leaders change.
Read the articleIF IT'S A PRIORITY, MAKE ROOM FOR IT.
If leaders want different work, they need to make room for different work. Mike Pope argues that time and tradeoffs belong in the decision before another requirement is added.
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THE KIDS WE HAVEN'T MET YET
Signing a Maroa Stories book for a former teacher leads Mike Pope to ask how schools can give children honest feedback and real help while leaving room for the adults they may become.
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