Reflective Blogs inspire systematic change

March 7, 2019

 Rita J. Hartman, Jim Lane, and Cheryl Burleigh have successfully concluded a research study and produced a manuscript titled, "School Leaders' Reflective Blogs Inspire Systemic Change: A Narrative Inquiry,"  The article has been accepted as a chapter in the upcoming book, “Improving education through multi-level community relations and engagement.”  The chapter is about five school leaders who took part in the Shadow a StudentChallenge Project discovered the potential for meaningful and long-lasting change when a school culture is founded on awareness, relationships, and change. Leader empathy for student experiences inspired hacks (small innovations) generating a positive cultural shift within each school environment.