Blog District and State System Improvement All CategoriesAll TagsTag IconDistrict and State System Improvement Sharpening the Tools of Improvement We’ve watched enough Grey’s Anatomy and Chicago Hope to know what happens when a patient arrives…Read moreArrow Right IconTag IconDistrict and State System Improvement, Education Reform FourPoint Playbook Adds Valuable Thrust to Kansas State Department of Education Moonshot Two years ago, leaders from the Kansas State Department of Education went on a road tour.Read moreArrow Right IconTag IconChange Management, District and State System Improvement Continuous Improvement Not Continuous Solutions: Leveraging Data and a Change Mindset “Solutionitis” is a term being used…Read moreArrow Right IconTag IconDistrict and State System ImprovementLeadership Development Form Follows Function: FourPoint’s Take on Central Office Restructuring “I need a deputy or a chief of staff. What’s the difference? And which is best?”…Read moreArrow Right IconTag IconChange ManagementDistrict and State System Improvement Going Small to Go Big: Focusing on a Small Number of Initiatives to Drive a Larger Improvement Process Scott Joftus has some advice for districts attempting major turnarounds: start with a few core strategies.Read more at edCircuitExternal Link IconTag IconDistrict and State System Improvement, Instructional Leadership Thank You, Superintendent Evans A big congratulations and thank you to Omaha superintendent and Cross & Joftus client Mark Evans,…Read moreArrow Right IconTag IconDistrict and State System Improvement, Education Reform A Theory of Action: FourPoint’s Transformation Framework In part one of this series, Systemic Approaches to School and District Transformation, I argued that…Read moreArrow Right IconTag IconChange Management, District and State System Improvement Systemic Approaches to School and District Transformation The Keys to Achieving Success in School and District Transformation, Part 1 What does it really…Read moreArrow Right IconTag IconDistrict and State System Improvement, Human Capital Management How do you enable principals to make better teacher hiring decisions? Provide great tools, partnership and training, and then get out of their way. When the Madison…Read moreArrow Right IconTag IconCommunity Schools, District and State System Improvement A New Approach to Governance Needed If we could redraw governance and management in service of children at the local level, what…Read moreArrow Right Icon
Tag IconDistrict and State System Improvement Sharpening the Tools of Improvement We’ve watched enough Grey’s Anatomy and Chicago Hope to know what happens when a patient arrives…Read moreArrow Right Icon
Tag IconDistrict and State System Improvement, Education Reform FourPoint Playbook Adds Valuable Thrust to Kansas State Department of Education Moonshot Two years ago, leaders from the Kansas State Department of Education went on a road tour.Read moreArrow Right Icon
Tag IconChange Management, District and State System Improvement Continuous Improvement Not Continuous Solutions: Leveraging Data and a Change Mindset “Solutionitis” is a term being used…Read moreArrow Right Icon
Tag IconDistrict and State System ImprovementLeadership Development Form Follows Function: FourPoint’s Take on Central Office Restructuring “I need a deputy or a chief of staff. What’s the difference? And which is best?”…Read moreArrow Right Icon
Tag IconChange ManagementDistrict and State System Improvement Going Small to Go Big: Focusing on a Small Number of Initiatives to Drive a Larger Improvement Process Scott Joftus has some advice for districts attempting major turnarounds: start with a few core strategies.Read more at edCircuitExternal Link Icon
Tag IconDistrict and State System Improvement, Instructional Leadership Thank You, Superintendent Evans A big congratulations and thank you to Omaha superintendent and Cross & Joftus client Mark Evans,…Read moreArrow Right Icon
Tag IconDistrict and State System Improvement, Education Reform A Theory of Action: FourPoint’s Transformation Framework In part one of this series, Systemic Approaches to School and District Transformation, I argued that…Read moreArrow Right Icon
Tag IconChange Management, District and State System Improvement Systemic Approaches to School and District Transformation The Keys to Achieving Success in School and District Transformation, Part 1 What does it really…Read moreArrow Right Icon
Tag IconDistrict and State System Improvement, Human Capital Management How do you enable principals to make better teacher hiring decisions? Provide great tools, partnership and training, and then get out of their way. When the Madison…Read moreArrow Right Icon
Tag IconCommunity Schools, District and State System Improvement A New Approach to Governance Needed If we could redraw governance and management in service of children at the local level, what…Read moreArrow Right Icon