Case Study Leading Through Learning in Practice: Partners in School Innovation
Explore how learning leaders at Partners in School Innovation scaled their organization to advance equity for over 1 million students.
Lead
Differently
We are the architects of tomorrow.
Today’s education systems were built by yesterday’s leaders. It’s time to transform. It’s time to design systems to support every student, family, and community.
This playbook gives you the tools, resources, and support you need to lead differently and advance equity through the pursuit of ever better. Get started now.
Core drivers of Leading Through Learning
Pursuit of ever better systems, structures, services, and outcomes requires ever better leadership.
As a learning leader, your job is to:
Driver A Treat every strategy as learning
Structure daily operations as continuous learning.
Driver A Strategy As Learning
Driver B Foster democratic participation
Expand stakeholder participation in design, implementation, and improvement.
Driver C Measure process and results to drive equity and improvement
Use observation and information to turn doing into learning.
Driver D Build a democratic knowledge-management cycle
Enable everyone to generate, spread, and apply knowledge.
Companion GuideDevelop Your Theory of Leadership
Map the steps to put these drivers into practice.
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The most powerful thing you can do in school transformation…is both give power to and hold adults in the system accountable for their own learning.”
Chris Thorn
Chief of Programs and Partnerships
Partners in School Innovation
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The Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL) at Columbia University strives to revitalize public school systems while reinventing professional education.