Welcome to The Leading Source, a weekday blog written by the editors of American School Board Journal. Here you’ll find our take on issues that appear in the magazine, as well as school leadership and general education topics that engage us or pique our interest.

Don’t expect to find a unified voice here: We editors have years of experience covering schools, school boards, and education on a local and national level. That experience has uniquely shaped each of our perspectives, and those perspectives continue to evolve. Each post will be followed by a byline, so you’ll always know the author.

We invite you, our readers, to participate in The Leading Source. If you read a post that you love or hate, agree with passionately or disagree with vehemently, let us know by sending us an e-mail. Your dialog will make our blog richer and more textured. Enjoy.

Kathleen Vail (kvail@nsba.org), ASBJ Managing Editor