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Jermaine Gassaway: A checklist for parents choosing school leadership
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Jermaine Gassaway, a superintendent and public education advocate, outlines what parents should look for in school and district leaders before enrolling their children.
Why leadership is the first thing to check
North Carolina, USA, Oct 03, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Parents often start a school search by looking at test scores or building tours. Jermaine Gassaway says that misses the bigger question: who is running the school, and how do they lead.
“A building can look great and still have weak instruction,” Gassaway says. “The leader sets the tone for everything else. If you skip that part of the search, you’re missing the most important piece.”
Gassaway has worked as a teacher, a principal, and a superintendent. That range gives him a view of leadership from more than one seat, and he says the questions parents ask should change depending on what they can actually observe.
What to ask before you tour the building
Gassaway suggests parents start with a short list of questions for any principal or superintendent they meet.
How do you measure growth, not just scores. A single test score tells a parent almost nothing about whether their child is improving. Gassaway says leaders who can talk about growth over time, not just a snapshot, are paying attention to the right thing.
How often are you in classrooms. A principal’s visibility in classrooms is a signal of how closely they track teaching day to day. Gassaway says parents should ask directly how often the leader observes instruction and gives feedback to teachers.
What happens when a student falls behind. Every school has students who struggle. Gassaway says the real question is whether there is a clear plan, with specific support, for those students, or whether it is left to chance.
How do you support new teachers. Turnover affects children directly. Gassaway says parents should ask how new teachers are coached in their first year, since that shapes whether a child gets a stable classroom experience.
Red flags parents should not ignore
Gassaway points to a few signs that should raise questions, even if the rest of a school visit goes well.
A leader who cannot describe how they use data. If a principal talks only in generalities about student progress, Gassaway says that is worth a follow-up question.
A staff that seems unsettled or unclear on expectations. Gassaway says parents can pick up on this just from talking to teachers or reading how a school communicates with families.
No clear answer on discipline or support plans. Parents should expect a straight answer on how the school handles behavior and academic struggles, not a vague reassurance.
What good leadership sounds like
Gassaway says strong school leaders tend to talk in specifics. They can describe how a reading program works, not just that the school “cares about literacy.” They know their staff by name and can speak to strengths and gaps on their team. They treat parent questions as normal, not as a challenge to be managed.
“You can tell a lot from how a leader answers a hard question,” Gassaway says. “Do they get defensive, or do they give you a real answer. That tells you how they’ll treat you once your child is enrolled.”
A short list parents can bring to a school visit
Gassaway recommends parents keep it simple: three or four questions, asked directly, with room to follow up.
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How do you track whether students are growing, not just passing.
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How often are you in classrooms, and what do you look for.
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What is your plan when a student is behind grade level.
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How do you support teachers who are new to the school.
He says the answers matter less for their polish and more for their specificity. “A leader who knows their school will have real answers,” Gassaway says. “A leader who doesn’t will talk around it.”
About Jermaine Gassaway
Jermaine Gassaway is a superintendent based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is a former teacher and school principal, and the author of “Unopened Books: Multiplying the 2%” and “When You Arrive: A Children’s Book About Racism.” He is a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University and has worked in public education for more than a decade.
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Lovering & Partners adds AI role-play for leadership, sales and influence skills with LeaderCoreAI
The Bucharest performance consultancy becomes an authorised LeaderCoreAI partner and reseller for Romania and Central and Eastern Europe
Romania, 10th Oct 2026 – Lovering & Partners, the Bucharest-based business, sales and people performance consultancy, now offers AI role-play for leadership, sales and influence skills through a partnership with Blue Horizon Training, the maker and owner of LeaderCoreAI. Lovering & Partners becomes an authorised LeaderCoreAI partner and reseller for Romania and the wider Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region.

AI role-play simulations for difficult conversations
LeaderCoreAI is an artificial intelligence (AI) simulation platform for leadership development. Participants hold spoken, realistic conversations with AI characters – a resistant team member, a sceptical client, a room of peer managers with competing agendas. Each session ends with scored feedback and concrete recommendations.
Lovering & Partners will embed the platform into three of its own areas of work: leadership coaching and its acceleration programme for emerging leaders and managers, consultative sales training, and its ethical influence programmes. Between workshops and coaching sessions, participants practise the conversations those programmes prepare them for. They can repeat a conversation as often as they want, at five levels of difficulty.
Why practice decides whether training sticks
Pilots train to excellence in flight simulators before they carry passengers. Managers rarely get that chance. Role-play with colleagues offers a few attempts, limited by time and by the discomfort of practising in front of people they work with. So the first real test of a new skill usually comes in a real conversation, with a real person. The partnership brings the simulator into Lovering & Partners’ programmes.
“A workshop gives people the method. It does not give them the repetitions to build new capabilities,” said Colin Lovering, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Lovering & Partners. “Every client asks us the same question: will this training build skills that stick? No trainer can honestly guarantee that. Under pressure, people fall back on old instincts unless the new behaviour has been practised until it becomes the instinct. Now our clients’ people can get that practice, as much as they need.”
“We build the practice ground,” said Frank Basinski, founder of Blue Horizon Training. “We rely on partners who know how to develop people. Colin and his team have spent years doing that work with organisations in Romania and across the region. That is why we wanted them as a partner.”
How a learner experiences an AI role-play session
For the learner, a session feels like the real conversation. They speak, and the characters answer back, disagree and react to how they are treated. Nobody is watching, so people try approaches they would perhaps not dare with a real colleague. The feedback afterwards is theirs alone: what worked, what did not, and what to try next time. Participants can practise in 42 languages, so Lovering & Partners can offer the platform to multinational clients across the region.
Availability
LeaderCoreAI is available through Lovering & Partners with immediate effect, as part of its programmes or alongside them.
About Lovering & Partners
Lovering & Partners is a business, sales and people performance consultancy based in Bucharest, Romania. The firm helps organisations achieve strategic growth in those three areas. Every engagement is tailored to the client and measured by the outcome it delivers. Lovering & Partners is a founding member of the Cialdini Institute and works in English and Romanian. It is a trading name of Achieve International S.R.L. www.loveringpartners.com
About LeaderCoreAI and Blue Horizon Training
LeaderCoreAI is an AI role-play and simulation platform for leadership, sales and influence skills, made and owned by Blue Horizon Training S.R.L. of Bucharest, Romania. Leaders practise difficult conversations with AI characters in 42 languages and receive scored feedback after every session. LeaderCoreAI is sold through authorised partners who embed it into their own development programmes. Blue Horizon Training has designed and run leadership development programmes since 2020. leadercore.ai
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Arthur Murray Dance Studio Makes Learning to Dance Accessible to Everyone
Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland welcomes singles and couples with beginner-friendly dance lessons designed to build practical skills, confidence, and enjoyment.

PARKLAND, FL– Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland is making Ballroom Dance Lessons Parkland, FL more accessible to singles and couples by providing a welcoming environment where students can learn regardless of previous experience or whether they have a dance partner. The studio encourages people who have always wanted to dance but may have felt hesitant about getting started to discover an approachable way to learn.
Instruction helps students gradually build practical skills, confidence, and comfort on the dance floor. By welcoming people with different goals and experience levels, the studio aims to make dancing an enjoyable activity that more members of the Parkland community can explore.
No Dance Partner Is Required to Get Started
One concern prospective students often have is whether they need to bring a partner to dance lessons. Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland welcomes individuals and couples, so people can begin learning even if they don’t have someone available to attend lessons with them. Students can work with instructors to learn timing, movement, leading, following, and other fundamentals of partner dancing. This gives individuals the opportunity to begin their dance journey without waiting to find a partner.
Couples are equally welcome when they want to learn a shared skill, spend time together, or prepare for an upcoming occasion. Instruction can be adapted to each student’s experience, interests, and reasons for learning rather than expecting everyone to progress in exactly the same way. Singles and couples can develop skills for weddings, parties, date nights, vacations, and other social occasions where dancing may be part of the experience. The focus is on helping students make steady progress while enjoying the learning process.
Beginners Can Build Dance Skills One Step at a Time
Starting a new activity can feel intimidating, especially when it involves moving in front of other people. Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland works with beginners by introducing dance skills progressively and building from manageable fundamentals. Students can build rhythm, footwork, posture, partner connection, and basic patterns before moving on to more detailed techniques. This structured approach can make ballroom and social dancing easier to understand for people starting with little or no previous experience.
Students also arrive with different goals, so their learning experiences don’t have to look identical. One person may want enough confidence to participate at social events, while another may want to learn several ballroom or Latin dance styles. Others may simply want an enjoyable activity that combines movement, social interaction, and the challenge of developing a new skill. Instructors can use those individual goals to help shape how each student progresses.
Private Dance Lessons Provide Personalized Attention
Students who want focused instruction can explore private dance lessons Parkland, FL designed around their individual abilities and objectives. Private lessons let instructors observe movement closely, answer questions, and spend extra time on skills that may require more practice. Students can work on timing, technique, patterns, leading, following, or overall confidence at a pace appropriate for their current level. The personalized setting can benefit complete beginners and dancers who want to refine skills they already have.
Individual instruction can also change as a student’s interests and abilities develop. Someone who initially wants to feel more comfortable at a party may later decide to explore additional ballroom or social dance styles. Another student may have a particular event approaching and want to concentrate on the movements most useful for that occasion. This flexibility keeps lessons connected to what each person wants to achieve, rather than placing every student on the same learning path.
Wedding Dance Lessons Help Couples Prepare Together
Weddings are one of the occasions that inspire many people to enter a dance studio for the first time. Couples interested in wedding dance lessons Parkland, FL can receive instruction based on their selected song, previous experience, preparation time, and vision for their first dance. Some couples want something simple and natural, while others may prefer turns, transitions, or more detailed choreography. Lessons can be adapted so the final dance reflects the couple’s comfort level and the atmosphere they want to create.
Preparing together can help couples become more comfortable moving as partners before their wedding day arrives. Lessons may focus on timing, leading, following, partner connection, and movements that work naturally with the selected music. Repeated practice can make the dance more familiar so couples can spend less time worrying about the next step during their reception. The skills they develop may also be useful at future weddings, celebrations, and other occasions where they can dance together.
An Inclusive Community Makes Dancing More Approachable
Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland aims to create an environment where students from different backgrounds and experience levels can feel comfortable learning. For beginners, being around other people who are developing their own skills can make the process feel less intimidating. Students can discover that ballroom dancing is not limited to experienced performers or people who already consider themselves naturally coordinated. Instead, it can become an enjoyable social and recreational activity developed through instruction, practice, and continued participation.
“We want people to know that they do not need previous experience or even a dance partner to begin,” said Luci, contact person for Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland. “Our goal is to give each student a welcoming place to learn at a comfortable pace, develop useful dance skills, and build the confidence to enjoy dancing when opportunities come along.” This inclusive approach lets students focus on their goals instead of worrying about what they think they should already know. It also gives people who have previously felt unsure about taking dance lessons a more comfortable way to get started.
Dance Skills Can Add More Enjoyment to Social Experiences
Learning to dance can provide value beyond time spent in the studio. Students may use their skills at weddings, parties, vacations, date nights, community gatherings, and other occasions where music and dancing are part of the experience. Greater familiarity with basic movement and partner dancing can make those situations feel more inviting and less intimidating. For some students, dancing may also become a long-term recreational interest and a way to connect with others.
Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland serves students throughout Parkland, FL, who have many different reasons for wanting to learn. Some are preparing for an important event, while others want to try something new, spend meaningful time with a partner, or become more comfortable socially. The studio’s approach lets those motivations guide the learning experience while giving students room to develop at their own pace. As their abilities grow, students can continue exploring different dances, developing techniques, and setting new goals.
Start Your Dance Journey in Parkland
Prospective students don’t need to wait until they have a partner, a special event, or previous dance experience to take their first lesson. Getting started can be as simple as discussing personal goals with an instructor and learning foundational movements that provide a starting point for continued instruction. Students can then explore lessons that match their interests while gradually building their skills through instruction and practice. Both singles and couples are welcome to begin at a level that matches their current experience.
To learn more or get started, visit https://arthurmurrayparkland.com/ or call (954) 300-6068. Prospective students can contact the studio about ballroom and social dancing, private instruction, wedding preparation, and beginner-friendly learning options. Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland welcomes people preparing for a particular occasion as well as those who simply want to discover the enjoyment of dancing. The studio offers an approachable starting point for anyone interested in building practical skills and confidence on the dance floor.
About Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland
Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland is an independently owned and operated Arthur Murray franchised dance studio serving singles and couples in the Parkland community. Arthur Murray franchise owners progress through multiple areas of studio operations, helping maintain a teaching-focused culture throughout the studio system. The Parkland studio welcomes students with different experience levels and works with them toward individual dancing goals. Instruction is available for social dancing, weddings, recreation, and anyone who wants to feel more comfortable and confident on the dance floor.
Singles and couples ready to begin their dance journey can contact Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland to explore Dance Lessons Parkland, FL.
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ChannelLetter.com Opens Factory-Direct Wholesale Channel Letters to Sign Shops With No Minimum Order

Trade pricing starts at a single set, with UL-certified, pre-wired letters and free shipping nationwide, including direct to job sites
LEXINGTON, Ky.,October 10,2026 – ChannelLetter.com, a manufacturer of custom channel letters and illuminated signage, today announced that its factory-direct wholesale program is open to sign shops, brokers, and resellers with no minimum order. Any business in the sign trade can now order a single set of channel letters at trade pricing, with sharper terms available to volume buyers and repeat accounts.
Building channel letters in-house is expensive for most sign shops. It requires a channel letter bender, a router, trim cap and LED inventory, and a skilled fabricator on staff. For shops that mainly handle surveys, permits, and installations, buying wholesale from a dedicated manufacturer is often the more practical choice. ChannelLetter.com builds each set to specification in its own facility, wires and tests it, and ships it to the shop or directly to the job site at no shipping cost.
“Sign shops should not need to buy equipment or hire a fabricator to say yes to a channel letter job,” said Nischal Pradhan of ChannelLetter.com. “We build the letters, test them, and ship them. The shop quotes the job, installs it, and keeps the margin. Opening our wholesale pricing to a single set means a shop can try us on one project before committing to more.”
Savings for sign shops
ChannelLetter.com reports that sign shops typically save 30 to 40 percent compared with sourcing from local fabricators. As an example, a typical storefront set that retails for around $3,000 through the traditional supply chain runs roughly $1,500 to $1,800 factory-direct. Final pricing depends on overall size, number of letters, lighting style, and mounting method, whether flush, raceway, or backer panel. Customers can upload artwork or a photo of the storefront through the company’s quote form, or build the sign visually in its online sign designer, and receive a firm wholesale price, usually the same business day.
Built for installers
Every illuminated set is UL certified, with UL-listed LED modules and power supplies, so inspectors see the listing mark and permit approval is smoother. Sets carry a 2-year warranty on LEDs and power supplies, which shops can pass along to their own customers. Each order arrives pre-wired, pre-tested, and labeled, with a full-size 1:1 mounting pattern, wiring diagram, and mounting hardware matched to the wall type or raceway. Fabricated letters use metal returns and backs with UV-stable acrylic faces and trim cap. Every sign is inspected before it leaves the facility. If anything is damaged in transit, the company replaces it at no extra charge.
Wholesale ordering process
The process has five steps: request a quote, receive a firm wholesale price, approve the production proof, wait while the letters are fabricated and tested, then receive the crated shipment. Orders are delivered in 15 business days. ChannelLetter.com ships free to all 50 states and can deliver directly to the job site with no branding that identifies it as the manufacturer. The company also matches brand colors to a customer’s specified paint, vinyl, or acrylic reference as closely as the selected material allows.
Full product range
The wholesale program covers face-lit, reverse-lit (halo), combo-lit, and RGB channel letters, along with lightbox and cabinet signs and non-illuminated metal letters. This allows shops to source most of an exterior sign package from one manufacturer.
Who the program serves
The program is designed for sign shops that install but do not fabricate, or whose fabrication queue is backed up, and for sign brokers and project managers running multi-location rollouts who want one manufacturer instead of many local vendors. It also serves print and graphics shops expanding into dimensional and illuminated signage, and general contractors responsible for tenant signage. About half of ChannelLetter.com’s production already runs through sign shops and resellers, and some customers order monthly. The company does not contact or market to its trade customers’ end clients.
Sign professionals can request a wholesale quote or start a design at https://www.channelletter.com/wholesale-channel-letters/.
About ChannelLetter.com
ChannelLetter.com manufactures custom channel letters and illuminated signage for sign shops, resellers, and businesses across the United States. Its product line includes face-lit, back-lit, front-and-back-lit, and RGB LED channel letters, lightbox signs, and metal letters. Learn more at https://www.channelletter.com.
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Lexington, KY 40513
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