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“We all are lead learners to the extent that we have more content to learn from”

—Michele Brooks, 2013 Leader To Learn From.

What leaders in your districts continually learn and adapt to difficult situations?

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Superintendent Terry B. Grier and Chief Technology Information Officer Lenny J. Schad of the 215,000-student Houston Independent School District led a webinar called “Ed-Tech Leadership Evolves in Houston." 

They have established a working relationship that balances an aggressive vision for digital innovation with a realistic sense of what schools can do with the resources they have. That approach offers important lessons for school leaders who want to put ed-tech initiatives in place that will improve schools. 

Watch their webinar: www.edweek.org/go/webinar/EdTechLeadership?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Know leaders in your districts that utilize ed-tech for student success? Nominate them before 8/1/15.

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Discover. Aspire. Lead.

Take a look at our brand new website of archived virtual events.

Education Week’s Leaders To Learn From virtual events take readers deeper into the expertise and experiences of some of the nation’s most innovative school district leaders. Our reporters and their guests cover a range of topics, including:

• Student voice

• Whole-child accountability

• Parent engagement

• Educational technology

• Social media and communications

• Fostering an environment for innovation, and more!

Below you can explore archived live chats and webinars, which are available at no cost.

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Which leaders in your districts are solving intractable achievement problems?

Education Week Leader To Learn From Christopher Chatmon gathered all 106 principals from the Oakland Unified School District to transform dated thinking about the the African American boys in their district.

“Here we are in a majority-minority district, and our leaders didn’t see that our African-American male students could be a success,” Mr. Chatmon said. “We had to change the narrative that had normalized failure in black children.”

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Nominate a 2016 Leader to Learn From before August 1, 2015!

Education Week wants your input for a special report profiling school district leaders who have brought fresh, successful ideas to their school communities. Nominees must be district-level personnel, and nominations are due August 1, 2015.  

leaders.edweek.org/nominate

“I think it’s important that people when they see good work that they nominate it. And that they lift it up so it can be celebrated.”

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Improving outcomes for students is a family affair for Patricia Spradley and Tracy Hill.

Education Week Leaders To Learn From Tracy Hill  (2014) and Patricia A. Spradely (2015) led a webinar on “Parents as Partners in Improving Student Achievement.” Both educators see parents as critical partners in improving student achievement—and have actively sought to engage them in the curriculum and school community. For Hill, that means taking parents along on college visits, or offering tips about the latest instructional strategies over donuts. For Spradley, that means offering a smorgasbord of classes to parents and community members through the district’s parent academy. They build strong family and community partnerships to help drive student achievement.

Watch their webinar on demand for free: www.edweek.org/go/webinar/ParentsAsPartners?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Know leaders in your districts that engage parents for student success? Nominate them before 8/1/15.

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Education Week Leader To Learn From Superintendent William H. Johnson says, 

“I truly believe that it is my job not to discover the limits of what a child can do, but actually to give them ways of breaking through those limits”

Do you know educators that test students’ limits and have also achieved great success? Tell us.

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“We want students to feel connected to caring adults”

—Vickie Reed, 2015 Leader To Learn From

Reed joined our webinar “Amplifying Student Voice" and discussed her use of student-perception surveys as a factor in teacher evaluations for more than a decade in the 7,700-student Murray County, Ga., school district. Teachers take the same surveys, and the district’s schools work to narrow the gap between the views of employees and those of students.

Watch her webinar on demand for free: www.edweek.org/go/webinar/AmplifyingStudentVoice

Check out the Storify: https://storify.com/edweekevents/amplifying-student-voice

Know any leaders in your districts that put students first? 

Nominate them before 8/1/15.

Nominate a 2016 Leader to Learn From before August 1, 2015!

“It’s important that people when they see good work that they nominate it"

—Michele Brooks, 2013 Leader To Learn From

Attention Educators!

Don’t let the work of great colleagues slip through the cracks. Let Education Week know where leadership lives and what the leaders you know are doing to change students’ lives.

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Attention Educators!

You’re missing out if you haven’t caught up on all the virtual events from our past Education Week “Leaders To Learn From.”

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How can leaders incorporate bilingual language learning in the classroom?

Value Language, Culture: By valuing the language and culture of English-learners, you can build on their assets. Students should be given the opportunity to graduate bilingual and bicultural.

Power of Data: When schools have access to disaggregated data by classroom, leaders and teachers are able to use the data to inform and adjust their instruction and identify any gaps in curricular resources for English-learners.

Family Support: Providing English-learner families with translated information, community resources, and culturally competent support services is essential to supporting students.

Education Week Leader to Learn From Richard A. Carranza, superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District, . He prioritizes bilingual and bicultural education in his district,

Find out more about his work: http://leaders.edweek.org/profile/richard-a-carranza-superintendent-english-language-learner-education/?intc=ltlfdrop

Inside the Opt-Out Movement

Missed our “Inside the Opt-Out Movement” webinar? Get the full story:

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How can edtech school leaders effectively utilize technology to drive student success?

Education Week Leaders to Learn From superintendent Terry Grier and his CIO Lenny Schad work together to develop plans that can be aggressive and yet also  implemented effectively.

They are just a few leaders riding the new wave touted by President Barack Obama towards providing all students with access to high-speed internet and digital devices in their schools.

http://leaders.edweek.org/profile/terry-b-grier-lenny-j-schad-education-technology/?intc=ltlfdrop

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Education Week 2015 Leader to Learn From Supt. Vickie Reed believes that giving student opinion a voice in district policy is the most important means of engaging students.

“It keeps me in touch with kids,” says Reed. “We can’t lose touch of who our audience is. They are our audience.”

She has spearheaded many efforts to engage students through innovative district councils and student-led clubs to enhance student voice in her district and neighboring ones.

http://leaders.edweek.org/profile/vickie-reed-superintendent-student-voice/

Which district leaders do you know that are effectively putting students opinions first?

Hillary Clinton meets with 2015 Leader To Learn From Superintendent Tiffany Anderson  

Education Week's Leaders To Learn From never seem to take a break! Anderson, the superintendent of the 3,000-student Jennings school district, which neighbors Ferguson, Mo., is set to speak with Hillary Clinton today about equity, education, and more.