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K-12 education

Leading school improvement

  • Linking school improvement to community organizations <article> Mark Warren
  • Building a new structure for school leadership <article> Richard Elmore

Instructional leadership

  • The (only) three ways to improve performance in schools <summary + video> Richard Elmore
  • Reconnecting the superintendent to instruction <interview> Richard Elmore

Learning and language

  • If you can't see it, feel it, or taste it, how can you learn about it? <article> Paul Harris
  • Learning from talk <interview> Paul Harris

Learning by doing

  • Learning in museums <article> Shari Tishman
  • Critical exploration in the classroom <article> Eleanor Duckworth

Reading and writing

Teach for understanding

  • Connections, consequences, and understanding <article> Tina Grotzer
  • Origins of a framework for effective practice <article> Howard Gardner, David Perkins, and Vito Perrone

Effective classroom practices

  • Ideal world <article> Catherine Elgin
  • Reading, writing, and reform <article> Terry Tivnan
  • Reading and writing for understanding <article> Vicki Jacobs

Gaining insight into student work

Understanding the thoughts, feelings, and motivations of other people

  • Social perspective taking: A multidimensional approach <article + video + quiz> Hunter Gehlbach
  • Learning to stand in someone else's shoes <video> Robert Selman

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