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School System Improvement Insights & Resources

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    Voices from the Northwest: Strategies for Funding Educator Networks

    Bringing people together Is an investment that pays off—but how do you cover costs to build educator networks?

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    What Network Organizers Should Look for in an Intermediary

    Intermediary partners can have a strong, positive impact on education networks. What are the qualities that make a good intermediary?

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    Checklist: What Network Organizers Should Look for in an Intermediary

    Intermediary organizations that serve as the backbone of an education network can be integral to a network’s success. Use this checklist to assess whether a potential intermediary partner can fulfill the core capacities to your emerging network.

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    If You Read Only One Education Book This Summer

    Steve Fleischman recommends Wildflowers, by Jonathan P. Raymond—a book that illuminates how a district put its whole-child credo into action and may inspire you to do more and better.

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    Connecting Students and Teachers Across Alaska’s Tundra

    Read how the NW RISE network that connects educators in rural schools across the Northwest inspired a new network in a remote Alaska school district the size of West Virginia.

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    Broadening Horizons: How NW RISE Helps Students Connect, Collaborate and Learn From One Another

    For students in a writing class in a rural Idaho high school, sharing writing with peers in other states pushed their comfort zones. What did the students learn from this networking experience?

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    What’s Good to Know About Creating Rural Educator Networks

    Networks are a promising strategy for rural teachers to overcome the challenges of isolation. Danette Parsley provides three takeaways from our role in establishing a rural network in the Northwest.

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    Guiding Questions for Starting a Professional Learning Network

    When forming a professional learning network, how do you ensure your efforts are meaningful and sustainable? This resource will help you start your network with a clear purpose and solid direction.

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    Five Characteristics of Successful Education Networks and Five Tips to Achieve Them

    What does a high-performing education network look like, and what steps can emerging networks take to get there?

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    Making Connections: A Networking Strategy for Increasing Student Achievement

    Nanci Schneider gives a districts a school improvement formula for juggling local mandates and meeting state standards: Stay focused on student achievement and build a network.

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    Creating Networks to Improve Teacher Recruitment and Retention: The Role of Education Northwest

    For districts and schools hit hard by teacher shortages, there's only so much you can do alone in hiring and keeping high-quality teachers.

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    Hiring and Retaining Great Teachers in a High-Poverty Environment

    For the past 13 years I’ve served as the principal at Pasco High School, a large public school in a small city in Southeastern Washington.

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    Mentoring Early Career Teachers in Urban Alaska

    This brief provides educators with the background, rationale and evidence for implementing an uninterrupted, 90-minute literacy block as part of a comprehensive approach to teaching reading in elementary schools.

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    Participating in a Collective Impact Initiative: One School District’s Perspective

    "Changing the Conversation,” a new study from Education Northwest, looks at Highline Public Schools’ participation in the Road Map Project.

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    Learning from the Recent Past: How the SIG Program Can Inform Rural School Improvement

    With ESSA placing states and districts in the driver’s seat when it comes to school improvement, what lessons can be learned from the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program?

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