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Data use
In July 2006, eight members of the Marylin Avenue Elementary School leadership team from Livermore, Calif., arrived at the annual Education for the Future Summer Data Institute in Chico, Calif., eager..
A little guidance on the path to success
I am surrounded by long-distance runners, people who love to race and set goals and meet them. I attend enough marathons to have a well-worn spectator routine and a series of vocal exercises to get my..
Coaching
In the past decade, interest in the form of professional learning loosely described as coaching has exploded. This growing interest in coaching is likely fueled by educators’ recognition that tradit..
What works, works everywhere
JSD: In your work preparing the McKinsey report, How the World’s Best- Performing School Systems Come Out on Top, you found that several policies and approaches delivered superior results fo..
Start with the passion that fuels a teacher’s soul
Ihad a conversation recently with a friend, a former English teacher now working at the district level providing staff development geared towards creating alignment in the language arts curriculum. Al..
Use conversation starters to remove barriers and develop relationship
When we conduct diversity training in schools, teachers frequently ask why students of the same racial or ethnic group sit together in the cafeteria or hang out together in a particular area of the sc..
Slicing the layers of learning
Anyone who seeks to understand what types of professional learning are most effective will read about a range of experiences — workshops and study groups, two-day conferences and learning communitie..
Passion and principle
Franklin CampbellJones, author and cultural proficiency expert, says, “Get ethical before you get technical” (personal communication, 2005). School improvement without will and moral purpose — w..
