Network Connection
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The SLN e-newsletter, Network Connection, features pertinent and timely articles on leadership development, suggested readings, organization and network news as well as upcoming events. We also spotlight an individual network or a facilitator in each issue providing an in-depth look the people of SLN.
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Network Connection Archive
Analysis of the NYC Progress Report for the school year 08-09, issued in December 2009, shows that SLN-led schools made bigger gains in student achievement and school environment than peer schools led by principals not participating in SLN programming. read more 
The Obama administration’s education policy for improving under-resourced schools includes a targeted focus on school leadership. Central to the supporting education reform agenda, led by Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, is expanding the number of charter schools nationwide. read more
On June 4th, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Joel Klein, chancellor of the New York City schools announced that more than eight in ten students are meeting or exceeding State math standards. read more
Synopsis of the vision of Dr. Richard Elmore's medical rounds model which will be featured in his new book by the Harvard Press, Instructional Rounds in Education: A Network Approach to Improving Teaching and Learning. read more
Analysis of data collected from August 2006 through June 2008 from 29 NSLN cohorts across the country gives NSLN a good report card for programming, leadership development, impacting student achievement, creating learning communities, professional coaching and support and renewing strength. read more
Exploring the "Val-Ed" model, that the capacity of school leaders to impact student success is linked to a principal's capacity to deploy leadership behaviors, which include leader's knowledge and skills, personal characteristics, and values and beliefs, which shape the culture of learning in a school. read more
