“Are you teaching our children critical race theory?” “Are you indoctrinating our children?” School and school system leaders are increasingly getting these questions from parents and politicians as schools take on ...
As state and school system leaders consider how to spend the billions of dollars devoted to K-12 education through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) provisions of the American ...
Read full articleAs we move beyond the details of Adam Toledo’s death and learn more about his life, it's critical to examine how systemic racism and oppression, in particular the ...
Read full articleNothing can bring back George Floyd. Nothing can fill the hole in the hearts of his loved ones. But the murder of George Floyd and ...
Read full articleWe say their names, just as we must say the names of all victims of hate. #SayTheirNames is not just a hashtag. It’s a demand ...
Read full articleThe education world has lost a giant. Richard Elmore spent his career as a researcher and professor highlighting the importance of ongoing learning for educators and education leaders
Read full articleA new synthesis of two decades of research has found that equity-focused leadership promotes more equitable school outcomes. These findings point to what The Leadership ...
Read full articleThe last week has been one of hard and heart-wrenching conversations. Like many of you, we and our education leader partners have been grappling with ...
Read full articleHappy holidays from The Leadership Academy. We look forward to continuing the journey toward culturally responsive education in 2021.
Read full articleListen to and learn from others. As we reflect on this unspeakably challenging year, we realize we have spent a lot of time trying to do just that. We’ve learned so much from ...
Read full articleEducation leaders hold the power to transform the lives of young people. Whether they lead a school or an entire school system, a culturally responsive ...
Read full articleWhile 2020 has been full of challenges, The Leadership Academy has so much to be thankful for.
Read full articleThe election is over. In about 10 weeks, we will have a new President and Vice President – the first woman and woman of color in that ...
Read full articleWe are devastated by the loss of our dear friend, supporter and partner, Layla Avila.
Read full article“The obligation of anyone who thinks of himself as responsible is to examine society and try to change it and to fight it—at no matter ...
Read full articleAs a school year of unprecedented uncertainty gets underway, I have been deeply moved by the courage and commitment we are seeing from education leaders across the ...
Read full articleImmediate harm reduction. Comprehensive community safety and restorative justice. Resourcing healthy community practices. These actions are at the center of protesters’ cries for law enforcement reform across the country, as seen in ...
Read full articleCOVID-19 has increased racism and xenophobia towards the Asian-American community. COVID-19 has ravaged Native American reservations. COVID-19 has increased unemployment in the Latinx community. COVID-19 ...
Read full articleAs with any pandemic, any crisis, fear is bringing out the worst in people.
Read full articleIn this piece we focus on a few moves we have found are essential for facilitating continuous professional learning for leaders in a virtual world.
Read full articleAs education leaders navigate their communities through one of the greatest crises in this nation’s history, it is crucial that they plan for what comes after.
Read full articleDear Friends and Colleagues, We are writing first to check in on your health, safety, and well-being. Over the last week, we have spoken with ...
Read full articleAs I write this, we all continue to determine how to respond to the coronavirus situation in ways that will best keep the people we ...
Read full articleOver the last two weeks, members of my team and I have taken a deep dive in two school systems we have been partnering with for some time – Des Moines, IA, and Lexington One, SC. It was a humbling and inspiring experience that I will not soon forget.
Read full articleAt the NYC Leadership Academy, we are always looking to learn from other experts in education leadership and equity to inform and sharpen our work. That means we are ...
Read full articleWhat does the data tell us about what’s happening in schools today and has been happening across systems for decades? To help facilitate these conversations, we’ve developed this quiz on the race-based disproportionalities hampering schools and students across the U.S.
Read full articleJust as it is critical to bring together a diverse set of students to enhance learning, it is also imperative to recruit, retain, and properly develop and support a diverse pipeline of effective school and school system leaders.
Read full articleAs someone who has spent years working with schools on South Dakota’s reservations, I believe that this kind of intentional, culturally responsive educational leadership is what we need to disrupt the inequities baked into the Indian education system.
Read full articleWelcome back and congratulations on a new school year! I hope your summer had the right mix of professional learning, planning, and relaxation. While the ...
Read full articleTwo years ago, the Chesterfield County School Board took on the work of developing a new strategic plan, Imagine Tomorrow, which revolved around our district’s core values of equity, ingenuity, integrity, and teamwork.
Read full articleAs educational leaders, we cannot allow our students and their teachers to return to school frightened, or to be too afraid to return at all. Schools, under strong leadership, have a critical role to play in ensuring immigrant children have a safe haven in their schools.
Read full articleYoung people in the juvenile justice system are the most underserved students in the country. When justice jurisdictions design systems, education is rarely top of mind.
Read full articleAs more school districts engage in equity-focused professional learning, we are unsurprisingly seeing some tension and pushback as their teams grapple with this work.
Read full articleEvery day, a student of color experiences micro-aggressions, subtle and not-so-subtle interactions with classmates or teachers that tell them that they are not smart enough ...
Read full articleWe need to love these kids unconditionally and hold them to high expectations because I know they can do it. We just need to give them the tools.
Read full articleWe took a deep look at the role of our principal supervisors. Over two years, we overhauled that role and created a principal coaching and mentoring program that is starting to show results in our schools. Here’s how we did it.
Read full articleGrowing up, I was lucky to go to a high school that in many ways was culturally attuned to my classmates and me. About 80% ...
Read full articleWhile schools in Nairobi face different challenges from schools in Hong Kong or India or the U.S., there is increasing agreement across contexts that to transform schools, you need great school leaders.
Read full articleI recently facilitated a professional learning session for more than a dozen district leaders in the Midwest aimed at pushing them to think about implicit ...
Read full articleWe must continue to push this work forward. Our young people are counting on us. Together, our leadership has the potential to exponentially decrease the number of inequities facing our students.
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