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2024 Inquiry in Action Forum

May 20, 2024

Advancing Equity Through Inquiry On May 14, 2024, the Mills College at Northeastern University Oakland campus was buzzing with educators at our 2024 Inquiry in Action Forum.

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Slowing Down with Supportive Challenge

May 9, 2024 | Sarah Papé

“Quiet leadership’ is not an oxymoron.” – Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Won’t Stop Talking When I first ready Quiet, by Susan...

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Educator Mindsets Matter: Building Self Awareness of Equity Traps

April 4, 2024 | Louise Ollano

Those kids don’t care. That’s too hard for these kids. These kids won’t be able to… You wouldn’t think you were at a meeting of educators, veterans at that, upon hearing these...

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Imposter Syndrome. It’s Not for Me.

April 4, 2024 | Maggie Rogers

Imposter Syndrome. We’ve all heard of it – a belief that one isn’t qualified to be in a position of leadership or in a job because they don’t have the right credentials, experience,...

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A Year Spent Reflecting on Reflection

March 11, 2024 | Stephanie Vollmer

Developmentally, seven and eight-year-olds are known to race through activities. Unsurprisingly, early in the school year, I noticed students rushed through their work in all academic areas and were quick to move on. I also noticed that while...

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One Small Step For The Teacher, One Giant Leap For The Students

March 11, 2024 | Sierra Balatan

It’s that time of the day again: All BLOCK, when small groups of students rotate to do differentiated work with me while the rest work independently to complete five All BLOCK activities. To myself I...

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Collaboration Brings Authentic Learning to Quality Program Improvement

January 30, 2024 | Nina Portugal

As Vallejo City Unified School District Site Coordinators entered their monthly professional development with Lead by Learning the room was immediately abuzz with conversations about their sites. Since 2021, Lead by Learning has been a partner...

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When Middle Schoolers Can’t Read: Let the Data Lead Your Inquiry

January 30, 2024 | Christi Grossman

Their reading scores were hard to believe. The 6th-grade students who sat in front of me–Arelcy, Edvin, Julian, and twins Antonio and Ernesto*–were excellent students. They had good attendance, attention, behavior, and effort, but, according to the scores...

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