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Anthony Rebora

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Perspectives / Working With Change in Schools

School Culture & Improvement

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Educational Leadership Staff

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Double Take

Instructional Leadership & Coaching

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Making Progress Possible: A Conversation with Michael Fullan

Kim Greene

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When Classroom Practice Meets Education Policy

Advocacy, Policy & Funding

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Teach The Change You Want To See

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To Drive Change, Realign Your Resources

Lee Ann Jung

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How to Keep Mutiny from Sinking Your Change Effort

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Managing Change—Before It Drives You Out of Teaching

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Let’s Empower Teachers to Support Student Learning

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Empowering Teachers to Respond to Change

Professional Development & Well-Being

Kim Morrison

Ann T. Mausbach

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Staying Centered in a Compliance-Driven World

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How the Hack Mindset Can Foster Innovation in Schools

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Educators Need Grit Too!

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A Turnaround Success Story

Brad Rumble

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Planting the Seeds of Change (Literally)

Student Engagement

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What I Learned This Year …

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Boost Your Summer Learning

To some degree, change is a constant in K–12 education—but it seems particularly prevalent right now. Rapid advances in technology, evolving instructional and assessment priorities, expanding options for curriculum resources, shifting student demographics, a new federal education law, and a new presidential administration—all of these are putting tremendous pressure on educators to prepare for and adapt to change. So how do you do it? As our readers take time to think ahead to the coming school year, this special online-only issue of Educational Leadership will feature best practices and personal reflections on how educators can both gear up for and proactively lead change in their schools. How can school leaders successfully implement new policies or instructional requirements? How can they bolster staff morale amid organizational change or outside pressure? How do teachers prepare to take advantage of new technology resources? What specific innovations, whether in the curriculum or in your approach to instruction, are you or your school planning for the next school year? What’s next in education, and how are you or your staff getting ready for it? Share your stories and advice.

This issue probes how educators can gear up for or lead change in their schools--implementing new policies, methods, and tech tools; bolstering morale amidst change, and getting a sense of what's next in K-12 education

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