To start the 2022-2023 school year at De Anza High School, in West Contra Costa Unified School District, the unyielding focus was to alleviate two challenges: violence on campus and attendance issues. De Anza defines attendance issues as class cutting,...

As a teacher leader, I am always on the lookout for innovative methods and motivation to keep me from becoming antiquated as a leader. During our second year back after teaching remotely on Zoom and still dealing with...

It was mid-afternoon, about 15 minutes into our Instructional Leadership Team meeting at one of our partner schools.  When it was the next teacher leader’s turn to be our Public Learner, about one...