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The One Type of Leader Who Can Turn Around a Failing School

Harvard Business Review

They often arrive with a reputation for being able to turn around a school quickly, as they’ve done this many times before in their career. By background they are normally Information Technology or Chemistry teachers (95% in our study), who have often moved out of the classroom to manage support staff early in their career.

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GDP Is a Wildly Flawed Measure for the Digital Age

Harvard Business Review

Many workers have found, well into their careers, that their physical skills for making and transporting “things” are less relevant and valuable than the once were. New workers embarking on their careers are finding that their education is incomplete in many areas essential to our technology-driven lives today.

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