Educational Leadership and the Wisdom of Proverbs
all of the lessons of the book highlight the importance of creating a moral environment in the classroom that inspires others to treat one another well. As an educational leader, the book underlines to me the need for educators to constantly assess and reassess why and what we are doing. Although the content of education is important, so are the moral lessons we are instilling in young people. A few of the quotes could be posted verbatim in any classroom, such as: “A gossip goes around telling secrets, / so don’t hang around with chatterers” (Proverbs 20:19). This seems very relevant, given the… Continue Reading...