Creative Leadership Solutions

This Research Wednesday shows how assumptions about student ability shape the level of work students experience—and what shifts in classrooms when expectations rise.

https://www.creativeleadership.net/in-pursuit-of-rigor-potential-vs-perception/

Beginning in June, Research Wednesday will take a “summer break” and shift to twice-monthly updates.

Close This Year with Clarity

Our June newsletter shares practical strategies you can use immediately to capture student voice, recognize success, and turn reflection into stronger results next year.

Read the Newsletter - https://www.creativeleadership.net/newsletter/

PLCs do not fail because the research is flawed — they fail when implementation lacks trust, clarity, and adaptive leadership.

Read the Research - https://www.creativeleadership.net/plcs-that-work-implementation-is-the-variable/

In June, we will take a “summer break” and shift to twice-monthly updates.

Devices became symbols of equity. But access was never the same as impact.

The real question isn’t how much tech students use—it’s how much thinking they do.

This research challenges what schools have assumed for years.

Read the Research - https://www.creativeleadership.net/flatpack-learning-why-access-was-never-the-same-as-impact/

Collective Efficacy isn’t built though motivation.

It’s built when Collaborative Learning Teams:

-Look at the same student work
-Calibrate expectations
-Adjust instruction together
-See growth as a team

When we experience the impact collectively, belief follows.

Ann McCarty Dave Burgess Lisa Almeida Allyson Apsey

What happens when AI meets high-impact teaching practices?

Real-time feedback, sharper decisions, and stronger collaboration.

This is how schools turn insight into action.

Read the latest Research Wednesday and see what works - https://www.creativeleadership.net/putting-ai-to-work-in-collaborative-teams-enhancing-formative-assessment-for-student-learning/

The CLS May Newsletter features Family & Community Engagement experts Dr. Alex Marrero, Superintendent of Denver Public Schools, and Dr. Washington B. Collado, who reveal how to move families from simple involvement to true empowerment — the real key to student success.

Inside you’ll discover:
・Strategies for district leaders
・Strategies for school leaders
・The clear progression: Involvement → Engagement → Empowerment

https://www.creativeleadership.net/newsletter/

Students are often asked to write about texts they have not yet fully processed.

Without structured interaction with the text, writing remains shallow and inconsistent.

Text annotation provides a practical bridge between reading and meaningful writing.

https://www.creativeleadership.net/using-text-annotation-to-support-the-writing-process/

If assessment results don’t change instruction, it’s not formative.

And if teams aren’t using that evidence together, it’s not collective efficacy.

(Reeves, Creative Leadership Solutions)

Dave Burgess Allyson Apsey Ann McCarty

An average tells you where a student started.

Not always where they finished.

If a student demonstrates mastery in the end, what should the grade reflect?