Folder: White Papers

Converging Challenges

As Western nations struggle to recover their economic equilibriums after the financial crisis of 2008, China and India are leveraging their size and human capital to become global economic powerhouses. Emerging economies such as Vietnam, Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, and Panama are increasingly capable of winning greater shares of international business. The ability to compete in the interconnected global economy is primarily leveraged by technical innovation and a hi...Read more

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: 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

Are your colleagues prepared for the transition from your existing state standards and the new standards aligned to the Common Core State Standards? Do you have a plan for supporting your teachers so they are prepared for the new standards and next generation assessments?

Richard Jones & Lin Kuzmich
Senior Consultants International Center

March 2011

Duration: 5:50

Year: 2009

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, dif...Read more

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

Dr. Richard Jones, Senior Consultant
International Center for Leadership in Education

January 2012

Duration: 4:10 minutes