Portrait of a Culturally Responsive School

As a school leader, what are you doing each day to show your team members and community that your school is committed to equitable outcomes for all students, particularly minoritized students? How ...

Portrait of a Culturally Responsive School System

American education is in a critical moment, one of urgency and opportunity. As we enter our third school year in a far-reaching global pandemic, we ...

Culturally Responsive In-Person Observation Guide

How are the teachers in your building structuring their classroom environments to center students’ voices? What are teachers doing in classrooms to support students in ...

The ABCs of Equity

One of the critical early steps in leading equity-focused work in a school or school system is establishing a common language with your colleagues and ...

The Equity Officer: A Roadmap for the First Few Years

New and early-career equity officers face a unique set of challenges as they work to bring about foundational change within schools and districts. While an ...

Empowering Equity Officers: Overcoming Pushback and Setbacks

Equity officers are critical for ensuring equity is infused into every conversation, every decision, and every policy and practice across the school system. When well-positioned, supported, and resourced, an ...

Culturally Responsive Remote Learning Observation Guide

As students across the country continue to attend many of their classes online, it is critical for educators and leaders to examine and understand the ...

Equity at Work: A Strategic Action Planning Guide

Our free Equity at Work guide supports school system leaders in developing and implementing strategic action plans for closing persistent achievement and opportunity gaps. Our ...

If You Listen, We Will Stay: A Webinar Hosted by The Hunt Institute + TeachPlus

Studies show that all students benefit from learning from a diverse group of teachers. However, while 53% of public school students are students of color, ...

Self & System: How School Districts Can Take a Comprehensive Approach to Equity

On March 25, our Chief Access & Equity Officer Mary Rice-Boothe and Senior Director of Learning & Strategy Jessica Cihal moderated a special conversation, “Self ...

School System Equity Self-Assessment

Our free self-assessment tool provides a framework for school and district leaders to evaluate the state of equity in their school system and to identify ...

Still in the Game: How Coaching Keeps Leaders in Schools and Making Progress

School leaders benefit from ongoing support. In our research study, Still in the Game: How Coaching Keeps Leaders in Schools and Making Progress, the The ...

Making the Most of Meeting Time with Principals

Aligned to the Leadership Academy’s Principal Supervisor Leadership Standard #2: Develop Learning-Rich Communities of Practice, this webinar delves into how to leverage meetings with principals to maximize ...

Leading for Racial Equity: Making Intentions Actionable

Achieving racial equity in schools remains a top priority for school systems across the country. It is imperative that educational leaders have the skills and ...

Power in Numbers: Coaching principals to build teams that transform schools

Schools with strong teams of educators can improve instruction in ways that a principal working on her own cannot. Leading effective teams is not easy, ...

Ready to Lead: Designing Residencies for Better Principal Preparation

School-based residencies are an essential component of principal preparation programs and the future success of aspiring principals. Residencies engage participants in hands-on, job-embedded experiences that ...

Program Sustainability Audit and Action Planning Tool

Coaching is about sustainable behavior changes and paradigm shifts on the part of individuals, schools, and ultimately, school systems. Coaching is about preparing all children, ...

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