Finding Common Ground in Schools and School Districts
In an earlier post, we referred to the idea of finding common ground amongst school and school district communities -– and the concern that this can cause leaders who cannot guarantee what other stakeholders (eg staff, parents and students) will say.
Here is what one lot of case studies found were commonly the common ground areas in school districts:
- Student-centred curriculum
- Meeting the needs of all children
- School community partnerships
- Abundant resources
- Technology — expansion and integration
- High-quality staff
- Safe schools
- Readiness to learn — access to early childhood education
In our experience, similar issues also form the focus of common ground at the school level, although we would add in Faith/Values for those schools who have a focus on same.
It may seem strange, but when other stakeholders are engaged in the appropriate manner, people put aside their own individual prejudices and concerns and arrive at common ground which is readily agreed by school and school district leadership.
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