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The importance of leaders, particularly school leaders, in making meaningful and lasting change cannot be underestimated.

I love seeing teachers take risks and engage in the challenging work of improving their teaching practice.

Congrats to the VaLIN divisions recently announced as winners of first- and second-year funding for School Innovation Planning Grants (K12SIP) from VDOE.

As we embark on this new and altogether unique academic year, the ALP team aligns perspectives on how we might serve together in 2020 – 21.

The story is, who you brought with you in spirit…

Actions are all that matter this year, amplified in partnership by people who are poised to build unapologetically and audaciously.

How might connections between and among curriculum, career, and community promote deeper learning, active engagement, and equity?

Our newest employee is looking forward to rolling up her sleeves to navigate challenges that communities have truly never navigated before.

How might a collective focus on what’s working help us tackle seemingly insurmountable challenges this spring and beyond?

Big Takeaway: Focus on and appreciate function within a system versus picking apart what is not working.

How might making thinking visible inspire action for teams in search of a spark?

Our newest employee is fully committed to strategically supporting our growth, deliberately preserving ALP’s core values and mission to being an agent of change, inspiring, empowering, and amplifying learning for all learners.

Educators across 31 Virginia school districts embark on a collective journey to model what it looks like when a state attempts to innovate in order to change the status quo in education.

Where in the world was ALP when the sky went dark? Five team members tell their stories from all four corners of the United States.

How one day of envisioning the future can translate into a model for actualizing it.