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WHAT WE'RE LEARNING
At C!E, we lean into the concept of “leading with learning” and delight in digging into nerdy topics, lines of inquiry with colleagues, and asking the hard questions. This blog serves as a sandbox, our testing ground, and space for rumination to share out C!E’s work.
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Origins of the C!E Theory of Action
Part 2: Cynefin and Tenets Building on the previous blog’s discussion of fractals, and how they both help explain why recent reforms fell...
Dec 10, 2020


Origins of the C!E Theory of Action
Part 1- Fractals Our last blog ended with a declaration that the few blogs to follow were going to get nerdy about why we think local...
Dec 8, 2020


Ode to November 2020
Dear November, I know we have always been polite to one another, but I feel I need to come clean and let you know that to me, we have...
Nov 18, 2020


Invitation to a New Path Forward: Seeking Equity Together Through Assessment and Accountability
Download a PDF version of this letter below.. As stewards of America’s noble endeavor to educate our children, it is our collective...
Nov 18, 2020


A letter from Gene Wilhoit: How might we respond to Secretary DeVos?
On September 3rd, all chief state school officers received an important letter from US Education Secretary DeVos regarding assessment and...
Sep 21, 2020


An Opportunity to do Great Things
By Sarah Lench, Director of Learning Networks for C!E The Washington Post recently ran an essay by Jeff Gregorich as part of the...
Aug 21, 2020


A COVID Conversation with Kentucky Teachers: Some Light in Dark Times
Download a PDF version of this blog post here. A new and unusual school year begins. Over the summer, teachers reflected on many...
Aug 13, 2020


C!E Declaration of Intent
Updated August 14, 2020 Like the rest of America, we continue to learn about barriers to equitable outcomes for learners and the ways in...
Aug 11, 2020


“To pod or not to pod?” - There are actually more questions than that.
For privileged families, the question of pods is one of complexity, not chaos. By Michelle Ampong and Doannie Tran Families are...
Aug 6, 2020


Assessment, Accountability, and the Adaptive Challenge of COVID-19
Written by: Jennifer Poon, with C!E staff: Gene Wilhoit, Linda Pittenger, Paul Leather, & Gretchen Morgan Acknowledgements Sincerest...
Jul 24, 2020


Toiling in the Vineyard: State-Level Educational Intermediary Organizations in the Covid Era
From Scaling Up to Scaling Across: French winemakers use the term terroir to describe the unique characteristics that place bestows on...
Jul 1, 2020


The Ordinary and the Unacceptable
As part of our ongoing blog series about leading and learning in the time of COVID, we were planning to share a post this week recasting...
Jun 5, 2020


Pausing to Reflect: Looking Back As We Shift Focus to Planning for the Fall
Even in a pandemic, some topics in education are always relevant... This week, as we continue to collect responses in our I used to...
May 28, 2020


Leading With Learning: COVID Policy and Finance
In our recent letter to education system leaders we shared insights gleaned from our longstanding collaboration with some of the nation’s...
May 14, 2020


Leading with Learning: Equity-Seeking Partnership
Sometimes, the systems that create inequity don’t know their own faces. As leaders seeking greater equity from within and outside of...
May 11, 2020


Leading with Learning: Equity Seeking Leadership in the COVID Era
In this letter to the field, Gene Wilhoit and Gretchen Morgan explore patterns emerging in leadership's response to COVID and make a case...
Apr 23, 2020


C!E Essential Learning - Accountability
In 2014 C!E and SCOPE worked together to imagine a 51st state, where a balanced system of assessment and accountability could be...
Mar 3, 2020


C!E Essential Learning - School Finance
In 2014 C!E convened leaders from across the country in a shared learning agenda regarding school finance. It was as clear then as it is...
Jan 14, 2020


C!E Organizational Update
A high level view of our insights to date and ideas about what is important going forward as an organization.
Dec 10, 2019
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