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Bring A Visionary And A Realist Means Planning For The Long-term And Preparing For Tomorrow
I started to wear glasses at a very young age and was always fascinated by whether my fellow bespectacled friends and family were nearsighted or farsighted. My investigation as a 5-year-old typically ..
Book Club
Putting Faces on the Data: What Great Leaders Do! By Lyn Sharratt and Michael Fullan Foreword by Sir Michael Barber Students are people, not data. Putting Faces on ..
Gates Foundation Grant Supports Common Core State Standards Initiative
Learning Forward has received a grant of almost $1 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support states adopting and implementing Common Core State Standards. The grant will be used ..
Abstracts
The bottom line on excellence: A guide to investing in professional learning that increases educator performance and student results. By Joellen Killion and Stephanie Hirsh With the curr..
learningforward.org
Expand You Network Want to expand your leadership skills, advocate for professional learning, or influence policy? Learning..
Cultural Proficiency
As schools began installing computers and networks in classrooms two decades ago, few of us could have imagined how integral technology would become to our professional practice and our everyday lives..
The Effective Principal
When most people hear the word “principal,” they think of the noun meaning the chief, the top executive, the head of all others, the person who controls the levers. Not so Dewey Hensley, himself a..
Does Your School Have A Doug Franklin?
Teachers are powerful human resources who are often overlooked and can serve as assets for school-based change. That was our biggest lesson from a two-year partnership between faculty from a state uni..
The 3 R's Of Learning Time
As a Learning School Alliance facilitator, I have had the opportunity to work with schools nationally and internationally, and one of the biggest challenges that school teams face is finding time fo..
Eyes On The Prize
At Lincoln Elementary School in Madison, Wis., we, too, are interested in the simplicity of everyday school, not the quick fixes or flashy programs. Thousands of schools, public and private, educate c..
