To read GLISI's Executive Leaders Alert Newsletters, click here.

GLISI is moving July 1st to the Fanning Institute, a Unit of Public Service and Outreach at the University of Georgia.  Though our address is changing, our work will not.  Please note our new contact information below.   

Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement

1240 South Lumpkin Street

Athens, GA 30602

Phone: 706 542-1108

Fax: 706 542-1744

GLISI welcomes back several staff members and stakeholders from their trip to China to learn about the Chinese culture and education system.  This trip brought several practitioners to realize the similarities between the two education systems, but also to see that there was always something to learn.  To read more about the journey, click here.

GLISI congratulates Brad Bryant, Georgia's 20th State School Superintendent. To read the full story on Bryant's appointment, click here. 

The Wallace Foundation releases a new report on education leadership framing the national discussion and calling for more focus on this critical issue.  To read the full report and to see Ann Duffy's quotation on leader needs (pg. 9), click here. 

Ann Duffy, GLISI's Policy Director was recently published in UGA's 2010 Education Policy Papers.  Duffy's paper examines Georgia's high performance principal program and provides policymakers and stakeholders with in-depth analyses on many education issues.  To read Duffy's article and see the final project, click here. 

Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education and Georgia School Boards Association are sponsoring Education Policy Forums:  Sessions for Candidates and Community Leaders.  The sessions will inform policymakers about available tools and information to deal with the issues Georgia schools are facing.  In addition, community leaders will also learn about the issues in Georgia's education, discover their community's stand, and understand how to work with policy makers.  Seven sessions will be held across the state.  To find out more and to register, please click here. 

The Wallace Foundation releases two reports on education leadership:  Central Office Transformation for District-Wide Teaching and Learning Improvement and Education Leadership:  An Agenda for School Improvement.  To access these reports, click here. 

Want to be a part of community conversations around public education?  There is an opportunity for you:  A Vision for Public Education in Georgia.  One of the objectives of the project is to ensure meaningful engagement by citizens across the state to craft a vision for public education.  Click here to learn more about the project and see dates and locations of upcoming meetings. 

click here»

________________________

Follow the conversation
about education leadership
on Twitter