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Online June 2016 | Volume 73

How to Be a Change Agent


All stories in this special issue of Educational Leadership are free and open to all users.

Feature Articles

Perspectives / How to Be an Original Educator

Marge Scherer

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DoubleTake

News, resources, and numbers of note.

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Dare to Go First

Shanna Peeples

Small changes or large, someone must begin. The author asks, Why not you?

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Facing Resistance? Try a New Hat

Bryan Goodwin

You've heard of walking in others' shoes. Here's the research on why leaders need to get inside the heads of those they lead.

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The Power of Positive Regard

Jeffrey Benson

Simple, unearned acceptance is what every student yearns for.

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What It Takes to Get a Policymaker's Attention

Celine Coggins

Advocacy goes wrong or right depending on how you make your case.

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Snapshots: Teachers of the Year

Naomi Thiers, Kim Greene, Laura Varlas and Deborah Perkins-Gough

The 2016 National Teacher of the Year and three finalists tell what matters to them as teachers.

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How They Lead

Kim Greene

The WoLakota Project is just one of many that have sprung from the Teach to Lead pipeline.

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The Grow-Your-Own Imperative

Dan Brown

How the profession can encourage promising young recruits.

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The Many Roles of an Instructional Coach

Heather Wolpert-Gawron

From mentoring to publicizing, the instructional coach helps shape the school landscape.

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What Educators Need to Know about ESSA

Maddie Fennell

The new law offers new opportunities for teacher-led change.

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The Tug of War Between Change and Resistance

Michael Murphy

To help colleagues embrace a new idea, begin by studying the many origins of resistance.

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Project-Based Learning: 7 Ways to Make It Work

Alison Zuniga and Thomas M. Cooper

How one school addressed roadblocks and sustained its innovation.

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Hot Spots on the Bus
… And Other Ways to Increase Digital Access

Dale Ellis, Jeff James and April Daywalt

A rural district charts a way to close the digital divide.

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Going to the Mat

Michael Croy

A principal finds that yoga changes both the attitudes and behaviors of students.

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EL Asks ASCD Emerging Leaders
What's Been Satisfying about Being a Change Agent?

What's been satisfying about being a change agent?

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Free Resources to Free Your Inner Change Agent

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