There were still three months to go in the school year. My students had amazed me with how well they took to this strange new normal, but in recent weeks it seemed that everyone’s focus had started to...
When our site decided to focus our inquiries on the intersection of writing and social emotional learning, I immediately knew that I wanted to spend the year investigating how to support my second graders with revision. I love...
Students often have misconceptions about Computer Science (CS) as a subject around who can be successful at it and who can’t. My school starts CS education as early as 6th grade and by the time I see them...
I have had the privilege of serving as the principal of De Anza High School for the past five years. De Anza is an incredibly diverse urban high school in Richmond, California. Our staff has made huge gains...
At the beginning of this school year, my second year teaching second grade and my first year of inquiry with Lead by Learning, I felt excited to tackle another year of writing instruction. My school uses the Writing...
What does it mean to get sophisticated about how we use student data? This was a question our Instructional Leadership Team, ILT, pondered during our first Vision and Inquiry Session with Lead by Learning, a series designed to...
As we work together to restore hope to the future, we need to include a strange and new ally — our willingness to be disturbed. Our willingness to have our beliefs and ideas challenged by what others think. No one...
A lot can happen over the course of a weekend. Family members come to visit, birthdays are celebrated, pets get sick, little siblings hurt themselves and recover, and there are eventful excursions to the zoo or Chuck E...
For teachers everywhere our worlds have been turned upside down. We are used to gathering data about what our students know and don’t know yet through listening to conversations, having quick chats before or after class, and even...
As public school educators, we are all very familiar with our districts adopting new initiatives every year. Perhaps one year Integrated English Language Development (ELD) is all the rage, and then Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports takes center...
