Last month, Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Bryan Johnson was included in Education Week’s annual Leaders To Learn From report that recognizes 12 innovative district leaders, from superintendents to food-service officers and mental-health service coordinators, who have designed layers of resources for both their colleagues and for students.
Johnson was one of 12 leaders selected for the national honor from several hundred nominations, according to Stephen Sawchuk, associate editor at Education Week.
“This year, we profiled Hamilton County Superintendent Bryan Johnson for creating a series of innovative career and technical pathways closely linked to local job needs. These ‘future ready institutes’ couple rigorous academics with hands-on lessons taught by local employees working in health care, aviation, and marketing,” Sawchuk said in an email.
The honor includes a feature story about each leader and a video of the leader at work in the schools and community they serve.
The Future Ready Institutes were launched in 2018 to challenge “the traditional approach to education in high schools by developing career-themed small learning communities,” according to a news release.