Our Impact Team was delighted to present at the 2021 Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in E ducation. In our video session, Letting Go to Unleash Everyone, we shared learnings from years of experience working with school teams, as well as findings from our research into what sets the most student-centered education systems apart. […]
By Jeff Ellsworth, Principal, Chapman School, Chapman, NE There are 365 days in a year; 8,760 hours in a year, 24 hours in a day, the typical school day is 8 hours. How can you make this time most valuable for your school and students? There is never enough time!  Educators all over America […]
TrueSchool Fellows come up with innovative ways to use what they already have. “The brainstorming sessions at TrueSchool’s Studios revealed many assets that we had not noticed before…When we itemized our resources, we realized we had close to 100 functioning resources already in place to help us achieve our vision.” —The A.H. Bangert Team, New […]
TrueSchool Fellows collaborate with their peers to transform education “The most valuable aspect of the TrueSchool Fellowship was meeting different school teams. It was very enlightening to collaborate with other schools about the same issues and concerns our school deals with. It was also helpful to exchange suggestions, ideas, and feedback.” —Gwenevere Peebles, First Grade […]
TrueSchool Fellows share their breakthroughs and fund the ideas of other school teams. We all want to know our ideas are worthwhile and see them become reality. That’s why a major component of the TrueSchool Process is recognizing and rewarding excellence. At the end of our year-long Fellowship, we look back on all the hard […]
The TrueSchool Process is grounded in the idea that educators are experts. “Instead of top-down management where we fit an issue into pre-made solutions, innovation starts from the bottom up. That’s where you find the true heart of the matter.” —Sue Brumbaugh, Fourth Grade Teacher Havelock Elementary School Havelock, North Carolina At TrueSchool, our work […]
“We’re actually getting excited about the work that we’re doing—and that is what is going to make the difference.” —Kathy Rackley, Principal Walnut Creek Elementary Raleigh, North Carolina According to education researcher John Hattie, collective efficacy is more predictive of student achievement than homework, socio-economic status, student motivation, and home environment. But what is […]
Angie’s TrueSchool Story By Angie Wittmus, TrueSchool State Lead Most people don’t know what they want to be when they grow up. I was one of the lucky ones; I knew at six-years-old that I would be a teacher. It was in Mrs. Samson’s first-grade class where I watched her work with groups of children […]