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Report: Finding the Power in IL-EMPOWER: Supporting Structures and Systems

Report: Finding the Power in IL-EMPOWER: Supporting Structures and Systems

School and District Improvement (formerly IL-EMPOWER), Supporting Leaders

The term “school improvement” is misleading because effective improvement efforts don’t happen at schools in isolation. Instead, they are the result of system-level changes that require support and cooperation from state and local education agencies. A primary reason...
Report: Finding the Power in IL-EMPOWER: Culture Shifts

Report: Finding the Power in IL-EMPOWER: Culture Shifts

School and District Improvement (formerly IL-EMPOWER), Supporting Leaders

Leaders should not underestimate the enormity of the challenge of improvement in a low performing school. In many low performing schools, even simple problems like improving student behavior in the hallways is a steep challenge. In large part it is because social and...

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