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Increasing Agency for Black Male Students Through Leadership

January 12, 2024 | Jared Crayton-Thomas

“Do you think students should get suspended at all?” I asked Deantae* during an interview about school. Without hesitation, he responded, “Not really because they are going to miss more days of school. Maybe after-school detention...

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Developing a Teacher-Leader: The Importance of Self-Efficacy, Flexibility, and Collaboration

December 8, 2023 | Ramany Kaplan

This past school year brought many changes to my role on campus. As the ELA intervention coordinator at Dublin High School, I took a department-wide approach in addressing student learning needs through tiered supports: identifying strong teaching practices...

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Building the Boat While Trying to Sail It: Rolling Out a New Professional Learning Community Plan

December 8, 2023 | Whitney Dwyer

“I found today’s training truly unhelpful. We as teachers were asked to figure out how to solve equity in schools without any tools, strategies, or best practices. If we knew ways to improve equity, we would be implementing...

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Four teacher scholars look at video data of student learning

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Lead by Learning Alumni Network

December 5, 2023 | Charley Brooks

Last month, Lead by Learning hosted our second Alumni Connect meet-up event and reconnected past Lead by Learning participants with their roots in inquiry! Designed to be 1-hour professional learning experiences, alums have an opportunity to...

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Language is a Bridge Not a Barrier in Math

November 2, 2023 | Vidya Jayakumar

As a high school mathematics teacher, I often heard the same refrain from students and educators: “I thought math does not need language.” Mathematics, after all, is a universal language of its own – a realm of absolutes...

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Not One Strategy Works for All Students

November 2, 2023 | Eva Beleche

Every year I work to get my students to meet the standards for 4th grade. This year, I focused on working with my students on writing with evidence. Their writing would let me know how well they understood...

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“Are We Who We Say We Are?” A Look Inside an ILT Partnership with Luther Burbank Middle School

October 4, 2023 | Mahru Elahi

Luther Burbank Middle School is located in Highland Park, a largely Latino and immigrant community nestled close to the arid hills of northeastern Los Angeles county. Christine Moore, the longtime Principal, continually asks herself as...

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How can a positive school-wide climate decrease the likelihood of problematic behaviors?

September 29, 2023 | Alvin Jumpp

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,...

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