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Public education in the United States resists change. That schools look much now as they did in the 1950s and the entrenched interests that resist change is old news. The story less often told and much more provocative is how gatekeeping to school heads hinders change.
Education needs to be untethered from measuring success based on how long students spend in a chair. But the same logic applies to people working in schools. Top talent values being allowed to work at a time, place, path and pace of their choosing. Schools need to remember to untether its employees as well as its students.
Diversity is touted among talent experts, but few can articulate the hard organizational advantages to seeking leaders with diverse backgrounds. Hyper specialization is an asset for managers. Hyper diversity is the asset for leaders.
