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February 2011 — Volume 4 — Issue 2

Creating and Expanding Effective Learning Cultures

The Answer Is in the Room was informed by interviews with 50 educational experts in US, Canada and the UK. Included is an excerpt of the conversation between award-winning author Alan Blankstein and Dennis Shirley, Professor of Education at Boston College’s Lynch School of Education.

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Pottstown, PA School Goes In-house for Literacy Expertise

For the first time in 15 years, Pottstown Middle School made Adequate Yearly Progress two years in a row.

The school had been categorized by the state as being in School Improvement II, requiring immediate improvement under threat of a state takeover.

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Thoughts on Leadership and Change in Schools

Pedro Noguera discusses changing schools and the successful steps to positive reform. Excerpted from the Failure Is not an Option DVD series, this article talks of how leadership development is a continuous process in a field where we are constantly learning.
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In this Issue

Creating and Expanding Effective Learning Cultures
An interview with Dennis Shirley

Pottstown Middle School Goes In-house for Literacy Expertise
By Marian Kisch

Thoughts on Leadership and Change in Schools
by Pedro Noguera

A Mission From The Heart
By Walt Sutterlin

A Mission From The Heart

Written by Walt Sutterlin

From our What's Working in Schools Blog

Not many years ago was my first year teaching elementary school. I had spent plenty of time living through corporate re-organizations and the mantra-of-the-month prior to entering a classroom, so I felt confident to immediately join the school improvement team who had just started reading Failure Is Not an Option^®. After an especially energetic visit by Alan Blankstein, our team marched away fully inspired, but not exactly sure where to begin, only knowing that we all agreed that creating our own mission statement was an appropriate first step to define our changing staff and redefine our direction as a building. There are p lenty of ways to land on a mission statement, but it is a labor of love, pragmatism, and intention to create a statement that guides your mission; one simple enough to remember while broad enough to reflect upon in the face of challenging decisions yet to be encountered.

Here is how I recall our approach...

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