Mark Rolewski, Ro Educational Leadership

03/28/2022

When your team comes together to celebrate 24 years of supporting our nation’s educational leaders and each other.
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12/22/2020

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/biden-to-nominate-miguel-cardona-as-education-secretary-11608646951

An education secretary for All students!

Cardona, who is Connecticut’s education commissioner, would seek to implement president-elect’s pledge to expand resources for public schools.

11/13/2020

A path forward.

Teaching Civility in Turbulent Times November 12, 2020 Mark Rolewski Leave a comment A contentious presidential election should cause us to reflect on the skills that students need to participate in a democratic society. As I recently wrote, our freedom is contingent upon our ability to govern ourse...

11/06/2020

https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/11/05/robert-slavin-inaugural-education-distinguished-professor/?fbclid=IwAR1yj-99YqZJfFVerfmg61Hy1JnV7njJ4wZnB0hQQ9Q29oogj_z-hvW5ncE

Let the evidence guide us! Congratulations, Bob. Well deserved!

He is considered the world's foremost advocate for using evidence to transform educational policy and practice

10/22/2020

Teaching people to find credible information online. Excellent! Thanks, Beth Sharpe for sharing.

The Civic Online Reasoning curriculum was developed by the Stanford History Education Group as part of MediaWise. The full curriculum is available at cor.sta...

10/17/2020

Read my latest article and share your thoughts. I look forward to hearing from you!

Our Civic Duty: The foundation of a democracy is rational conversation October 17, 2020 Mark Rolewski Leave a comment Listen with curiosity, speak with honesty, act with integrity.Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart Democratic freedom comes at a great cost. It is not an ideal that can just be dem...

08/09/2019

https://markrolewski.net/esprit-de-corps/

Esprit de Corps: Creating Positive School Relationships August 8, 2019 Mark Rolewski Leave a comment From my years as an elementary school principal, I still recall the excitement and anticipation of the new school year when teachers returned to prepare for the arrival of their students.  It is a s...

08/05/2019

https://markrolewski.net/back-to-school/

Thriving in the Meteor Shower of Back-to-School Initiatives August 4, 2019 Mark Rolewski Leave a comment One of the brighter meteor showers of the year—Perseids—occurs every year at the end of July and the beginning of August.  It is spectacular not only because of its brightness but because, o...

07/22/2019

In recognition of our 10th Anniversary, Ro Educational Leadership has an updated webpage. Thank you to everyone who has worked with us for a great 10 years, and we look forward to many more years strengthening schools, leaders and instruction. http://www.markrolewski.org

07/12/2019

‪ Historic Fessenden Elementary School in Marion County, Florida makes great strides in their school grade. Congratulations to Lacy Redd and her excellent team! “F” is for “FAST”, not failure! ‬

Historic Florida School Rises Again July 11, 2019 Mark Rolewski Leave a comment “F” stands for FAST, not Failure Fessenden Elementary School in Ocala, Florida has had its fair share of challenges over the past 150 years. Opened in 1868 with the original mission of educating freed slaves, Fessend...

07/04/2019

This Independence Day, proud to honor those who serve in America's schools!

There is No Freedom without Education July 4, 2019 Mark Rolewski Leave a comment Reading Time: 4 Minutes Happy Independence Day!  As we celebrate this holiday with fireworks, patriotic songs and picnics, we should take a moment to reflect not only on our current freedoms but also our continuing obl...