Notes from the work
From Gary’s Desk
Field notes and perspectives from Gary D. Soto, Founder & Principal Consultant of GDS Consulting — the same thinking he shares with district leaders, kept here in one place. Posts marked “From the Field” first appeared on Gary’s LinkedIn.
Psychology Today: School Leadership and Social Justice
Perspectives · Press — Psychology Today (August 2018) In August 2018, Psychology Today’s Jenny Grant Rankin, Ph.D. interviewed Gary D. Soto for the publication’s “Much More Than...
Building the next chapter
GDS Consulting is building its next chapter: a premier educational company focused on helping school systems move from instructional leadership to measurable implementation and student mastery.
Atlanta, here I come
Atlanta, here I come. September 10–12, I’ll be at Seven Figure Educator Live at the InterContinental Buckhead.
What leaves with the principal
Eleven percent of public-school principals left the profession in one year. The larger risk is what leaves with them.
American education is in crisis
Only 35% of America’s twelfth-graders performed at or above NAEP Proficient in reading in 2024.
The reading plan
Forty percent of fourth-graders scored below NAEP Basic in reading. And changing the plan again may be part of the problem.
Improvement cannot depend on one person
Eleven percent of public-school principals left the profession in a single year.
Attendance belongs to the whole system
Attendance belongs to the whole system, not only the attendance office.
Reading plans that survive August
If the reading plan changes every August, the problem may not be the plan.