I just got back from chilly Minneapolis, where I delivered a keynote to over 200 superintendents on "Listening and Leading for Equity." I escaped the Midwest just before a storm moved in that would have trapped me! In the keynote, I spoke about three levers that I believe make a big difference in schools: deep [...]
I recently traveled to Detroit with my colleague Victor Cary, Senior Director of the National Equity Project, to lead a "shared equity experience" for the Hewlett Foundation’s Deeper Learning network. Each year, Hewlett convenes about 200 grantees who are thought and action leaders in the field of progressive pedagogy. Deeper learning might be considered a [...]
Culturally responsive teaching (CRT) has become a central concept in the education world. My colleague Zaretta Hammond offers a brilliant and accessible framework in her book Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (Corwin, 2014). One of the questions that my book, The Listening Leader, tries [...]
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