by dwalker | May 10, 2025 | Blog
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33224129@N00/ / CC BY-NC 2.0 We are excited to collaborate with principals on various initiatives that encourage them to embrace an active instructional leadership role in their schools! In our conversations, we frequently explore two key...
by dwalker | May 6, 2025 | Blog
Being a school principal often feels like walking a tightrope, balancing various stakeholders’ diverse and sometimes conflicting expectations. District leaders envision well-run schools hitting academic targets, fostering positive learning environments, and...
by dwalker | May 3, 2025 | Blog
Over the years, the call for school reform, closing achievement gaps, and raising overall achievement has grown increasingly urgent. Despite our best efforts, too many students still fail to meet academic standards. For persistently low-performing schools, the focus...
by dwalker | Mar 6, 2025 | Blog
From its inception in the mid-1990s, CTL has incorporated into its work inquiry-based approaches to classroom instruction, as well as a healthy dose of the arts to spur creative thinking and artistic expression. For more than 20 years, the arts have remained a...
by dwalker | May 15, 2019 | Blog
One of our goals at CTL is to advance a vision of schooling that engages all students in interesting and rigorous work, develops their talents and abilities, and prepares them for college and career. That sounds like a tall order, but we know from our 20 years of...
