HOPE Foundation Founder and President, Alan Blankstein was in the news twice this week.
Here is an articlediscussing some of HOPE’s successful case studies of schools who have made tremendous improvement.
It was interesting reading some of the first reader comments regarding whether or not the schools should accept responsibility for student success. From reading the first [...]
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Alan Blankstein in the news!
February 16th, 2010 No Comments
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The New Courageous Leaders Network
January 27th, 2010 No Comments
The HOPE Foundation (Harnessing Optimism and Potential through Education) and The School Improvement Network (SINET) today announced The Courageous Leaders Network committed to building a professional community of educators that examine and develop best practices to improve achievement for all school students. Using SINET’s industry leading PD 360 platform, The Courageous Leaders Network will facilitate [...]
Tags: Alan Blankstein · Failure is Not an Option · HOPE Foundation · professional development
Excellent Print Resources
December 30th, 2009 No Comments
This link has some excellent print resources from the HOPE Foundation. You will find some excellent books here that provide support for all educators.
Disclosure: I wrote one of the chapters for Volume 6 in the Soul of Educational Leadership series at the invitation of Alan Blankstein.
Check out the Failure is Not an Option second edition - one [...]
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HOPE Conferences Make a Difference!!
November 20th, 2009 1 Comment
As many of you know, the HOPE Foundation provides world class conferences for educators featuring national leaders in education. Recently, my former colleagues from my time as a Superintendent of Schools returned from an exciting time in Atlanta at the latest HOPE conference.
Here is what Wendy had to say:
I have been an educator for 16 years. [...]
Tags: Alan Blankstein · assessment · conferences · education · educational leaderhsip · fun · HOPE Foundation · poverty and student achievement · professional development · school improvement · Shaping America's Future IV · teachers · training
HOPE Institutes: Cutting edge programs
May 5th, 2009 No Comments
If you haven’t had a chance to attend one of HOPE’s professional conferences, take a moment to check out some of the presenters.
Presenters at Failure Is Not an Option®: Courageous Leadership for School Success Institutes will include: Al Bertani, Willard Daggett, Michael Fullan, Tom Guskey, Cindy Harrison, Jay McTighe, Pedro Noguera, Ken O’Connor, Todd Whitaker, [...]
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New Study Cites “Readiness” as Key Ingredient to School and District-wide Improvement
April 16th, 2009 No Comments
Report highlighting Illinois school district’s five-year improvement correlates with Key Findings in report published by the National Staff Development Council
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The results of an in-depth evaluation of Mattoon (IL) Community USD #2’s five-year improvement journey with the HOPE Foundation were released at a think tank session last week that included district leaders from [...]
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HOPE (for every child!)
March 16th, 2009 No Comments
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We had so many new readers last week that I thought a quick post reviewing our basic mission at HOPE would be helpful! Please take a few minutes and explore some of the great resources provided for in the HOPE [...]
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Do your students blog?
March 11th, 2009 No Comments
Guest blogger: Dora Flagg
Dora recently emailed this to me so I thought I would share it with her permission.
Recently, I was watching the famous video by Karl Fisch, “Did You Know”, and was surprised to learn that he is a technology teacher at Arapahoe High School in Littleton, Colorado.
Naturally, I had to check out [...]
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Top leaders present education plan to Obama administration
March 3rd, 2009 10 Comments
Recently the HOPE Foundation helped to bring together top educational leaders to present the best thinking available on how to help improve education in America. (Click here for article.)
Here is the core of what Obama and his team have been presented.
1. Assure Readiness: Success in the classroom requires that children arrive ready to learn – [...]
Tags: Alan Blankstein · HOPE Foundation · Leadership · Obama Administration · school improvement · Shaping America's Future IV · stimulus package
