Folder: Leadership

A Research Partnership of the Successful Practices Network, the Council of Chief State School Officers, the International Center for Leadership in Education, and the Quaglia Institute. Funded by the generous support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This report describes the results of five years of research SPN led in 75 schools in 10 states. The factors that emerged from this research has contributed to a national understanding of what distinguishes model schools. This report feat...Read more

Folder: Adult Education

In this report published by the Center for American Progress, the authors give a summary view of where we are with the link between our teacher evaluation and teacher improvement systems. The authors also explore the current issues that PD can address and the challenges to successful improvement models. A high level review of relevant research is part of this report. A very informative and helpful report for all school leaders at all levels.

Folder: Adult Education

This REL Northwest study, Student-Reported Overt and Relational Aggression and Victimization in Grades 3–8, examined aggression, victimization, and approval of aggression among elementary and middle grades students in two Oregon counties. Data for the study were collected in 2005 through surveys; participation was voluntary. Students reported on beliefs about aggression, how frequently they were the victims or the perpetrators of either overt aggression (verbal and physically aggressive beh...Read more

Over the past five years, La Serna High School (La Serna) has developed and implemented a series of systematic intervention and prevention programs. The student mentor programs have demonstrated measurable gains in several targeted areas, including increases in graduation rates, California Standards Test (CST) achievement and school connection and involvement. There have also been gains in a-g eligibility, a requirement that ensures that students can participate fully in the first-year progr...Read more

Folder: Leadership

"The School Principal as Leader: Guiding Schools to Better Teaching and Learning," is the latest installment in the foundation's Perspectives series. This report distills lessons from school leadership projects and research in twenty-four states and many districts. According to the report, the key practices in effective school leadership are shaping a vision of academic success for all students; creating a climate hospitable to education; cultivating leadership in others; improving instructio...Read more

Folder: Student Engagement

These surveys measure perception data about leadership, relationships, rigorous instruction, and relevant learning. Schools across the country are using this data as part of their efforts to move beyond just using state tests scores to drive their school improvement.

We Lead:32,916
We Teach:19,362
We Learn: 201,063
We Support (New December 2009) 1320

Lin Kuzmich, Senior Consultant
International Center for Leadership

November 2010

Duration 2:14

Year: 2011

The A. B. Combs Leadership Magnet Elementary School (Combs) program is grounded in the belief that building cooperative relationships and nurturing responsibility, kindness, and good judgment are the basis for creating a successful community of learners. By developing the whole child—socially, emotionally, academically, and ethically—the program fosters a climate of principle-centered personal leadership. It is Combs’ culture of continuous improvement and performance excellence, differe...Read more

Year: 2011

Barren Academy of Virtual and Expanded Learning (BAVEL) is a diploma granting high school that provides class work primarily online but uses other methods, such as correspondence, when needed. The school serves students in grades 9-12 but continues to explore middle school offerings and does enroll a limited number of middle school students who are seeking high school credits. While it is truly a “school without walls,” the director’s office and support lab are based in Glasgow, KY, whi...Read more

Year: 2009

Chaminade College Preparatory School (Chaminade) is a private, co-educational Catholic school with grades 6 through 12 on two campuses in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles. While the two campuses are eight miles apart, they are closely linked by an educational mission and philosophy in the Marianist tradition. The Characteristics of Marianist Education reflect family spirit, quality educational programs, community service, and formation in faith, set in a context of adaptation and...Read more