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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.

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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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Professional Development Series for School Leaders

Elevate your school leadership with EAB’s professional development series, crafted to empower principals and aspiring leaders with cutting-edge strategic thinking and change leadership skills to tackle today’s most urgent challenges.
Roundtable

2026 Executive Roundtable for District Superintendents

Join EAB’s Annual Roundtable for District Superintendents for interactive, executive-level conversations with peers from across the country.
Cohort

Professional Development Series for School Leaders

Elevate your school leadership with EAB’s professional development series, crafted to empower principals and aspiring leaders with cutting-edge strategic thinking and change leadership skills to tackle today’s most urgent challenges.
On-Demand Webinar

Building a Sustainable Pipeline of Educators

Districts nationwide face a worsening teacher shortage, particularly in high-need areas like special education and STEM, as fewer candidates enter the profession.
On-Demand Webinar

Bridging the Foundational Math Knowledge Gap

Districts are facing two alarming trends in math learning: as more students show foundational math skill gaps, students already behind are not catching up—and most fall further behind each year.
Partner Service

Preparing Principals to Lead Change Collaborative

This program helps district leaders move their principals from managers to strategic change leaders who are equipped to…
Partner Service

Math Leadership Lab: Fine-Tune Math Decision-Making and Operationalize Math Skill Recovery

This collaborative is designed to help your team accelerate math recovery while building long-term, sustainable improvement in student…
Partner Service

Reducing Chronic Absenteeism Collaborative

Join EAB's virtual collaborative, starting in January 2025, to learn sustainable practices for how to boost school attendance.

Research and Insights

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Compendium of K-12 Educator Pipeline Programs

Discover best practices for student education pathways and alternative certification programs to build and strengthen your district's local…
District Leadership Forum
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Compendium of K-12 Educator Pipeline Programs: Multiple Regions

Explore K-12 educator pipeline case studies across multiple regions in the U.S.
District Leadership Forum
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Compendium of K-12 Educator Pipeline Programs: Northeast Region

Explore K-12 educator pipeline case studies from the Northeast region.
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Compendium of K-12 Educator Pipeline Programs: South Region

Explore K-12 educator pipeline case studies from the South region.
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Compendium of K-12 Educator Pipeline Programs: Midwest Region

Explore K-12 educator pipeline case studies from the Midwest region.
District Leadership Forum
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Compendium of K-12 Educator Pipeline Programs: West Region

Explore K-12 educator pipeline case studies from the West region.
District Leadership Forum
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K-12 Educator Pipeline Resource Hub

Attract more talent into education careers at K-12 school districts with our resources, organized within five stages of…
District Leadership Forum
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Compendium of AI Applications in Higher Education

This compendium serves as a reference book of generative AI applications designed to help higher education leaders begin…
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report

Bridging the Foundational Math Knowledge Gap

Explore our executive research summary to learn how your district can use an evidence-based protocol to close foundational…
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Blog

Where superintendents are creating clarity in 2025

Explore EAB’s Voice of the Superintendent survey—insights on board alignment, AI adoption, and strategies to accelerate student learning.
K-12 District Leadership Blog
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Blog

From building managers to strategic leaders

Discover how our professional development series helped principals lead their districts with clarity, collaboration, and intention.
K-12 District Leadership Blog
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Why the math isn’t adding up

Explore research-backed strategies districts can use to close foundational math skill gaps and boost student achievement.
K-12 District Leadership Blog

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