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District Leadership Resource Hub
EAB helps district leaders make faster progress on their greatest challenges, from raising teacher morale to reducing disruptive behavior, and more. Explore the District Leadership Forum Resource Hub for all the events, tools, and insights you can access as part of your EAB partnership.
Don’t have an eab.com account? Everyone working for a district with a District Leadership Forum partnership can create an account to access partner-only resources. Learn how to set up an account in our blog post.
Our Most Popular Service Offerings
Toolkits
- Winning the Public Vote: This toolkit provides a roadmap for districts to make sure they consider important campaign components and timelines while providing flexibility for districts to tailor message delivery to specific community needs and preferences.
- The Science of Reading Implementation Guide: This toolkit offers a variety of resources, templates, and discussion guides to help districts develop and sustain expertise in science-based reading instruction.
- Promoting Positive Adult-Student Connections: This resource provides a step-by-step guide with templates to help schools conduct their own relationship mapping exercise and identify students who may be disconnected and disengaged from school.
- Developing Strategic Thinking & Interpersonal Skills in School Principals: Access six fully developed leadership workshops that can be integrated into your existing principal professional development with minimal preparation.
Collaboratives
- Preparing Principals to Lead Change: This program will help district leaders move their principals from managers to strategic change leaders who are equipped to drive continuous improvement in their schools.
- Leading for Literacy: Join this four-month series to follow a proven playbook for implementing and sustaining science-based reading instruction in schools.
- Teacher Morale Collaborative: Participate in EAB’s Teacher Morale Collaborative to focus your efforts and make progress on teacher morale initiatives through a series of guided workshops with peers.
Upcoming Events
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Roundtable
2025 Executive Roundtable for District Superintendents
EAB’s roundtable for district superintendents convenes district leaders to discuss the most pressing challenges facing their districts today.
Past Events
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Webinar
Navigating the Federal Policy Landscape
This webinar will help superintendents and district leaders navigate recent federal directives, assess their impact on schools, and address challenges from immigration enforcement to Title IX.
Roundtable
High-Performance District Roundtable: Strategic Planning 2.0: How to Fix a Broken Process
A review of 100+ district strategic plans shows that most districts are working toward the same goals, but the five-year planning process can make employees feel as though the "goalposts" are always shifting. Through working with districts, colleges, and universities to set strategy for more than a decade, EAB has found that establishing an annual strategy process that uses both internal and external data to set strategic priorities leads to more effective and manageable work for all involved.
Webinar
District-Level Strategies for Improving Teacher Morale
EAB and AASA are hosting a webinar to share strategies for taking a systematic, district-wide approach to improving teacher morale.
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Reducing Chronic Absenteeism Collaborative
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Raising Teacher Morale Collaborative
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Research Report
Early College and Work-Based Learning Programs
This report is intended for schools, school districts, and administrators looking to expand or deepen their work-based learning…
District Leadership Forum
Resource Center
Federal Policy Navigation Suite for Education Leaders
Make informed strategic decisions in response to federal policy changes affecting education institutions.
Strategic Advisory Services
Video
Why Superintendents Keep Coming Back to EAB Events
Four superintendents from across the United States share why roundtables are a highlight of their EAB partnership.
District Leadership Forum
Video
How One District is Developing Highly Effective Principals with EAB
Hear from Susan Harkin, Superintendent at Community Unit School District 300, about how valuable it's been to have…
District Leadership Forum
Video
How One District is Moving from Insight to Action with EAB
Hear from Melissa Bassanelli, Superintendent at San Juan Unified School District, about how partnering with EAB has helped…
District Leadership Forum
Infographic
Navigating the subcurrents of today's district flashpoints
Today’s politically charged environment has transformed routine incidents into district-wide flashpoints—controversies fueled by public activism, criticism, and heightened…
Research Report
Understanding the Student Math Readiness Problem
This report outlines three core challenges to student math readiness and shares actionable solutions for school districts to…
District Leadership Forum
Video
How One Superintendent is Leveling Up with EAB
Hear from Steven Lucas, Superintendent at Lake Forest School District, about how EAB has been a valuable, trusted…
Video
How Pryor Public Schools is Moving Their District Forward with EAB
Hear from Lisa Muller, Superintendent at Pryor Public Schools, about how partnering with EAB has improved her team’s…
Blogs
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Why are students struggling in math?
Across the country, educators are grappling with an urgent challenge—reversing the troubling decline in K-12 student math achievement.…
K-12 District Leadership Blog
Blog
From cell phones to STEM: What district leaders are focused on right now
Each year, our research team dives into hundreds of pressing questions from district leaders and school administrators across…
K-12 District Leadership Blog
Blog
Building systems for principal success: 3 key lessons for district leadership
It’s no secret that effective principals lead to better student outcomes and happier teachers. High-performing principals tend to…
K-12 District Leadership Blog