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 pondered during our first Vision and Inquiry Session with Lead by Learning. Encouraged that teachers were more...
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...
“Principal Crespo, can you drop me from Ms. X’s class and put me in Ms. Y’s instead?” asked Mia, the third senior this week to walk into my office and ask me this question. I began to wonder...
