Program Highlights Archives – Lead by Learning

Classroom Change Creates Systems Change

August 4, 2026 | Nhi Truong and Nina Portugal

The challenges facing our schools are not small. Districts are being asked to close gaps, redesign systems, and transform outcomes, often under urgency that makes “small” feel like a luxury. And yet systems thinker adrienne maree brown, from...

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A Key Lever for School Change: Developing Teacher Leadership

July 30, 2026 | Brooklyn Joseph

Every school has them. A group of teachers who go above and beyond, the ones who sign up for all the committees, run the extracurricular programs, volunteer to be the teacher representative at the Parent Teacher Association or...

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Sustaining Teacher Leadership of Professional Learning through Lead by Learning’s Gradual Release Model

January 29, 2026

At Lorenzo Manor Elementary School in San Lorenzo Unified School District, a powerful story of teacher-led professional learning has unfolded over the past ten years. What began as an effort to build coherence and collaboration has become a...

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Moving from Hesitance to Learning: The Power of a Community of Practice to Challenge AI Assumptions

January 12, 2026 | Dylan Kao

When Lead by Learning launched AI Together, a community of practice for K-12 Oakland Unified School District educators, we weren’t sure exactly what direction the work would take; only that teachers needed a space to explore AI safely,...

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How an After-School Site Coordinator Creates the Conditions for Distributive Leadership and Learning: A Conversation with Eduardo Barragan of Vallejo City Unified

December 5, 2025 | Brooklyn Joseph

At Lead by Learning, we believe that learning liberates individuals and systems so they can thrive and succeed, and that learning happens both during and after the school day. We partner with extended day program leaders, including Site...

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2025 Inquiry in Action Forum: Cultivating Hope, Building the Schools Kids Need

November 3, 2025

Since our founding, Lead by Learning has held this belief: If we want to transform schools to be more efficacious and equity-driven, we need to invest in the educators who work with students daily. On October 24, 2025, educators...

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The Journey Begins: 17 Educators Take Their First Steps with AI

October 14, 2025 | Lucy Paolini

On Wednesday, October 8, 2025, Lead by Learning hosted the first session of their 2025 Pilot Community of Practice: AI Together. Seventeen educators from the Oakland Unified School District, each navigating their own unique classroom challenges, gathered together...

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Lead by Learning Graduates New Leaders in their Certificate in Leading Adult Learning Program

August 14, 2025

This summer marked the close of our 5th cohort of Lead by Learning’s Certificate in Leading Adult Learning program. Our yearlong, practice-based experience supports education leaders to lead meaningful change in their systems through disrupting unjust...

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2024-2025 Impact Report: Celebrating 15 Years of Inquiry

June 24, 2025

Lead by Learning envisions a future where the transformative power of learning reshapes education systems and empowers students and educators to be agents of change in their lives and communities. Our impact this school year is a commitment to our...

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From Insight to Impact: Celebrating a Year of Shared Learning

May 9, 2025 | Nina Portugal

At Lead by Learning, we believe collaborative inquiry empowers educators to uncover what works best for their students and colleagues. When this learning is shared publicly, it builds a shared vision for progress and focus. As the year...

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