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Rethinking LGBTQ Leadership: Lessons from Chinese SchoolsIn this blog, Weiyuan Wu and Catherine Atkinson-Ross challenge familiar assumptions about LGBTQ educational leadership by exploring leadership in contexts where LGBTQ visibility is neither straightforward nor necessarily safe...When Universities Misread Silence: A Leadership Lesson from a Classroom in East Jerusalem Drawing on a classroom encounter in East Jerusalem, Omar Mizel reflects on how silence can be misread as disengagement, when it may instead signal attentiveness, reflection, respect, or culturally different ways of learning...When Professional Development Really Works: Five Key Conditions for School LeadersIn this blog, Els Tanghe draws on doctoral research involving 146 school leaders from 69 schools in Flanders, Belgium, to explore five key conditions that support meaningful leadership development and sustainable school improvement...Why We Urgently Need Leadership for SustainabilityIn this blog, Marie Beresford-Dey, David Dixon, and Rupert Hugham argue that sustainability is not simply an additional priority, but a fundamental lens through which leadership must be rethought...Cell Phone Bans Are Not Just About Phone; They Are About Leadership and School CultureIn this blog, Corinne Brion argues that “bell-to-bell” bans are not simply about limiting devices, but about shaping school culture, relationships, and attention...Rethinking AI in Education: A Call for Purpose-Driven AdoptionIn 'Rethinking AI in Education: A Call for Purpose-Driven Adoption', written in both English and Arabic by Ayman Hefnawi, we are asked to consider the purpose of education and the position of AI in this...