Closing the Achievement Gap in Minnesota: Making a Difference with Leadership.

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
A six-year national research study recently completed by researchers at the University of Minnesota investigated the actions that effective educational leaders take to address the achievement gap and to support high quality classroom instruction. Dr. Karen Seashore and Dr. Kyla Wahlstrom presented their findings on this significant research project. A panel of MN education leaders responded with perspectives from their work.

Panelists included:

Bernadeia Johnson, Superintendent, Minneapolis Public Schools, on district challenges in implementing more leadership development;
Douglas Revsbeck, Principal, Saint Paul Harding High School, on strategies for secondary principals to increase instructional leadership capacity in their schools;
Carol McFarlane, former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, on how the state of Minnesota might improve and foster more leadership capacity for improved student learning; and
Laura Bloomberg, Director, Center for Integrative Leadership, Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, on the challenges facing districts and schools in promoting broader stakeholder engagement.

View presentation slides from this event (PPTX format).