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The Inside-out Approach
In 1995, the California Department of Education convened a commission to develop academic content standards as part of a long-range plan for school accountability. California’s standards-based curri..
Identity Crisis
In a professional learning community, adults learn through focused conversations on teaching practices and teacher learning to support student learning. Teachers in a professional learning community p..
Real-time Learning, Real-world Teaching
At 4 o’clock on a Monday afternoon, more than an hour after students have left, 30 teachers gather in a classroom at the district office to discuss leadership styles in a seminar co-taught by a Nort..
The Light Bulb Clicks On
Sometimes partners find one another when they’re not looking. In South Carolina, education leaders at Georgetown County School District were seeking only information when they attended a workshop sp..
Partners At Every Level
As anyone in a partnership — a marriage, a business, a professional relationship — will attest, it takes hard work and energy, time and persistence, and reciprocal commitment to make a partnership..
The Perfect Partnership
Schools and districts are beneficiaries of multiple opportunities to extend and enhance their core work of educating students through partnerships in two ways. These opportunities emerge either from i..
Up Close
Models of Strong Partners The Summer 2010 issues of Learning Forward’s newsletters highlighted the work of schools and districts that collaborated meaningfully with an external organizatio..
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Member Opportunity Learning forward has partnered with School Improvement Network to offer disc..
District Finds The Right Equation To Improve Math Instruction
Just months after implementing new instructional strategies for teaching math to her 2nd-grade students, Karen Vaver noted a significant difference in student achievement. “Our textbook has onelesso..
