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Episode 217

Changing Education Through Improvement Science

Hear about bright spots in education who are making improvement simple and sharing their work to fundamentally change education in America.

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Hosts

Janet Pilcher

President, Studer Education

About the Episode

How can improvement help us solve complex challenges in schools? Executive education leaders from across the country came together last week to answer this very question. After an energizing What's Right in Education conference, Dr. Janet Pilcher and Dr. Pat Greco came together to reflect on the impact of bold leaders in education. Despite a stressful year, people in districts are overcoming incredible obstacles one small step at a time. Hear about bright spots in education who are making improvement simple and sharing their work to fundamentally change education in America

What This Podcast Covers
  • Why is it best to approach improvement with one small step at a time?
  • What does it really mean to turn input into action?
  • Does a problem need to be defined before it can be solved?

Pillar 2: Measure What's Important

Pillar 3: Communicate for Alignment

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