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Circles Of Leadership
As director of improvement for North Clackamas School District in Milwaukie, Ore., near Portland, my role of coaching the coach was new, and the coaches welcomed the immediate feedback. Befo..
Learning Forward’s ‘big bet’ on policy reaps big wins in practice
Several years ago, I served on an advisory committee for Microsoft Partners in Learning, where I heard about the concept of the “big bet.” Microsoft placed big bets on investments promising the bi..
Abstracts
The federal policy landscape: A look at how legislation affects professional development. By M. René Islas Specific elements in federal laws have the potential to impact practi..
2010 Learning Forward Awards
Learning Forward members elected three new members to the Board of Trustees. Julie Blaine of Oak Grove, MO Blaine, an 11-year member, is director at the Centra..
Good Policy Enables Good Practice for Teachers and Leaders
We live in a world of rules and regulations that govern our lives. Education policy is thecollection of laws, rules, and regulationsthat govern how school systems, and thepeople within them, operate. ..
Collaborative Culture
Can you guess what the number 86 represents? This is a question I asked for two consecutive weeks in my staff newsletter, Opal’s Gems. I placed the number 86 on a big sign in the front office and..
Assumptions about collective bargaining, policies, memoranda of understanding/agreement
Learning Forward recently released Advancing High-QualityProfessional Learning Through Collective Bargaining and State Policy. Developed in partnership with the National Education Association, America..
Essentials
NEW FROM WALLACE Hours of Opportunity: Volumes I, II, III RAND Corporation, October 2010 Coordinating the wo..
