School Leadership Counts
While the importance and impact of school and teacher leadership has been widely understood by policymakers and practitioners, the field has lacked a comprehensive, research-based analysis to identify...
View ArticleStudy Finds Student Learning Gains in Schools with Multi-Classroom Leaders
In survey after survey, teachers report dissatisfaction with the professional development they receive. Many aren’t satisfied with their professional learning communities or coaching opportunities....
View ArticleMarch Issue Brief: Teacher Leadership
There is no doubt that teachers exert an incredible influence on students and their learning. But what if teachers hold the key to school and district-wide reform as well? In our March Issue Brief,...
View ArticleTeacher Leadership Works
Candice McQueen and Charla Hurt recently shared the progress of a Tennessee initiative to engage effective teachers as teacher leaders for The 74. Excerpts of their piece appear below: The idea seemed...
View Article50-State Comparison: Teacher Leadership and Licensure Advancement
On the path to strengthen teacher pipelines, support excellent teaching and improve retention, many states have developed opportunities for teacher leadership and advancement. While most states offer...
View ArticleTeacher Leadership Toolkit: Strategies to Build, Support and Sustain Teacher...
School systems—and the challenges they face—are often complex and diverse; effectively addressing these challenges may require a leadership approach that moves beyond traditional teacher and...
View ArticleCenter on Great Teachers and Leaders releases M&I Toolkit
High-quality, evidence-based mentoring and induction (M&I) programs can transform classroom instruction, improve teacher retention rates, narrow gaps in equitable access to effective educators, and...
View ArticleCollaborative Leadership for Thriving Teams
Education Evolving has released a new guide designed to address the unique opportunities and challenges that face school administrators using collaborative and distributed leadership models. The...
View ArticleTeachers Learning from Teachers: Dynamic Initiative Taps into Educators’...
In 2013, The Center for the Future of Teaching & Learning at WestEd collaborated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch the Teacher Practice Network (TPN) initiative, which supports...
View ArticleMajority of States Work to Advance Leadership Opportunities for Classroom...
A new analysis by the National Council on Teacher Quality demonstrates that more states are recognizing the importance of leadership roles for teachers, signaling that state policy is beginning to...
View Article10 Inevitable Education Evolutions Educators Can Lead
Recently in Getting Smart, Michael Niehoff wrote about 10 transformational practices that educators can lead. Excerpts of the piece appear below: If educators allow politicians, researchers and pundits...
View ArticleRetaining Teachers: Fostering Conditions Where Talent Thrives
Over the last year, Education Evolving published a series of blog posts focused on the growing problem of teacher turnover, and uplifting the stories of schools, strategies, programs, and leaders that...
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