Great Schools Partnership

Last call for School Redesign in Action (SRIA) 2025! Registration for our thirteenth annual conference highlighting school redesign efforts ends?Friday, March 21, 2025. Now more than ever, we need this space to gather with other like-minded educators and remember that we are not in this alone. Join us at SRIA to connect with each other, gather strategies and resources, and find energy and inspiration to sustain this important work. Explore the? schedule?or get registered: https://lnkd.in/e_KkM8qt

Less than 3 weeks away: Great Schools Partnership is having its annual School Redesign in Action Conference on April 8, 2025 at the Boston Marriott Newton! I am hosting a panel with Krystal Bravo, MS and Leah Tuckman on how to interrupt bias and prejudice in schools using a district-wide approach. There will be many other amazing presentations and workshops as well. If you register by Friday, you can use code DISCOUNT-75 for $75 off! Go to this link to register and for more information: https://lnkd.in/gec6VJrs.

School Redesign in Action 2025 is fast approaching—and so is the deadline to register. There is just one week left!?Don't miss your chance to join us in Newton, MA, for a day of learning and connection with hundreds of educators from across the U.S. Renew your energy, find inspiration, challenge your thinking, and gather strategies and resources that can be used in your district or school to affect real and lasting change. Explore the agenda or get registered: https://lnkd.in/e_KkM8qt

Paulina Murton, our executive director, recently appeared on the VTCLA Podcast, which is hosted by the Vermont Curriculum Leaders Association, to speak about the Great Schools Partnership, diversifying the educator workforce, and so much more. Don't miss it. https://lnkd.in/eEEba4CM

New from our blog:?Laura Tavares, the executive director of the WPS Institute—a sponsor organization of School Redesign in Action 2025—writes, "Today’s persistent high absenteeism is a symptom of a deeper disengagement that has been brewing for years. As much as educators and families have tried to address this challenge with incentives or punitive measures, there’s a growing consensus that the key to reducing absenteeism lies in giving students something much more powerful: a sense of ownership over their education." Read "From Disengagement to Empowerment: Reducing Absenteeism Through Real-World Learning" here: https://lnkd.in/eK59J9tv

So excited to present on how interrupting bias and prejudice can provide an environment where students and staff can thrive as their full selves. Please join me and my colleagues Clyde Cole and Leah Tuckman as we share some of the ways Manchester (NH) School District has implemented a systems-level approach to promote equity across their entire district. https://lnkd.in/e8CzvKnX

We know agency is crucial for students’ sense of belonging, deep learning, and pursuit of their aspirations. That’s why we’ve emphasized student voice and choice throughout the entirety of School Redesign in Action 2025.?Explore the schedule and get registered today: https://lnkd.in/e8CzvKnX

More Than a Seat at the Table—a podcast by the Diversifying the Educator Workforce (DEW) Collaborative at the Great Schools Partnership—is back! In the first episode of our second season, don’t miss our conversation with Pema Latshang and Jawad Brown of Teach Western Mass. Discover how they are building and bolstering a diverse, sustainable educational workforce in Western Massachusetts, and why they have one of the most diverse educator prep programs in the state. To listen or subscribe, search for More Than a Seat at the Table Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or PodBean, or click the link below. https://lnkd.in/e6PwMC8j

Join the Aurora Institute in celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth! From pioneering educators like Mary McLeod Bethune to groundbreaking scholars like W.E.B. Du Bois, Black Americans have transformed education and opened doors for generations of learners. Let's honor the legacies that live on in our classrooms, research, and academic institutions. Check out these #BHM educator resources to learn, teach and talk about Black history: https://hubs.li/Q037BvkG0

Oftentimes we know the changes that need to happen in our schools and districts, but we aren’t sure how to put them into practice. How do we navigate change while keeping equity in focus? What are the systems and structures that make change stick? At School Redesign in Action 2025, we have workshops designed to help leaders navigate the systems-level changes they are facing in their school communities: https://lnkd.in/eSNsCy4b