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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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Webinar
The Eight Practices That Drive District Performance: Lessons from Huntley CSD 158
Join this session to discover how high-performing districts stay focused, sustain momentum, and turn strategic plans into measurable results with proven leadership practices and real-world insights from Huntley CSD 158.
Webinar
The Eight Practices That Drive District Performance
Traditional strategic planning often leaves districts feeling as though they must tackle every challenge simultaneously: student outcomes, chronic absenteeism, behavioral issues, and more.
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.
Past Events
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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.
On-Demand Webinar
Preparing for the Math Leadership Lab: Research, Design, and Next Steps
This 60-minute virtual session is designed to help DLF partners prepare for EAB's Summer 2026 Math Leadership Lab before the implementation collaborative officially begins.
Cohort
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 outcomes.
Partner Services
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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
Reducing Chronic Absenteeism Collaborative
Join EAB's virtual collaborative, starting in July 2026, to learn sustainable practices for how to boost school attendance.
Partner Service
Raising Teacher Morale Collaborative
Implement proven practices to improve morale alongside a nationwide cohort of district leaders across five virtual sessions, starting…
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2026 Voice of the Superintendent Survey
EAB’s Voice of the Superintendent Survey provides K-12 district leaders with insight into their peers' most pressing issues…
District Leadership Forum
Insight Paper
Closing the Math Proficiency Gap
Learn why math proficiency is declining and how districts can align instruction, intervention, and teacher expertise. Read more.
District Leadership Forum
Infographic
The educator journey
Use this infographic to see how small, intentional actions at every stage of the educator journey can help…
District Leadership Forum
Tool
Educator Recruitment Strategies Toolkit for District Leaders
This toolkit supports district leaders to strengthen their recruitment strategies by addressing breakdowns across the hiring process.
District Leadership Forum
Tool
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.
District Leadership Forum
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Compendium of K-12 Educator Pipeline Programs: South Region
Explore K-12 educator pipeline case studies from the South region.
District Leadership Forum
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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
Blogs
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What I heard at AASA—and why it should change how districts operate
Lessons from AASA: how districts improve outcomes by redesigning central office support, closing math gaps, and strengthening educator…
K-12 District Leadership Blog
Blog
What it takes to be a high-performance district
Learn about EAB's High-Performance District Award, the eight pillars of a high-performing district, and why we honored Huntley…
K-12 District Leadership Blog
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3 overlooked reasons K-12 students don’t seem ready for life after high school
Uncover three emerging barriers that help explain why student postsecondary readiness continues to erode.
K-12 District Leadership Blog