CUEL has received a grant from the Qatar Foundation that will support an international study of more innovative schools from a diverse set of national contexts. The study will pay particular attention to: a) investigating the leadership ecosystem that exists within...
The WISE Agile Leaders of Learning Innovation Network (ALL-IN) is a global community of practice for educational leadership experts – including academics, program providers, practitioners and policymakers – that research, design, and advocate for high quality school...
Building from a two year program of work led by CUEL team members Lisa Walker and Steve Tozer and supported by several Chicago funders, CUEL has received two grants totaling 45K to support equity-oriented improvement through the generation and use of knowledge...
CUEL Director Shelby Cosner is taking a lead role with the design of a multi-year, multifaceted school leader development program that is currently having broad impact in the state of Illinois through two federally funded projects (16M SEED and EIR). Both projects...
On October 29th, CUEL Affiliate Decoteau Irby spoke at University of Wisconsin in Madison in part of their Symposia series. The talk addressed inequalities in school policies, policing, and discipline practices. See the flyer below for more information....
Decoteau Irby is featured in a recent Education Week article that examines anti-racist school leadership with a focus on hiring practices as a critical approach for rooting out racism in schools. Read the full story here. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education...
Dr. Steve Tozer and Paul Zavitkovsky, CUEL Developers, have provided ongoing support to Northern Illinois University and the Rockford Public Schools with the design and enactment of a year-long principal residency program. Read the full story here.
During 2020-2021 school year, CUEL is hosting a remote networked learning community for interested principals and assistant principals. Read the details here.
CUEL is excited to share findings from our recent study of social justice and activist-oriented school leadership. This work identifies more community-centered activist leadership work and the factors that shaped this work and considers the ways in which market-based...
We are excited to share Salisbury’s work recently published in Leadership and Policy in Schools. Salisbury’s research presents a counterstory to traditional views of leadership by demonstrating how two groups of youth of color drew on their community...
