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Launching Leadership Programs

Research demonstrates that when implemented effectively, leadership programs increase school connectedness, foster positive youth development, and galvanize the power of…
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Reflections by a Scholar: gcLi Seven Years Later

Towards the end of the final faculty meeting of gcLi Leadership Lab 2019, gcLi Founder Jim Carney looked at me…
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Modeling Leadership as a Lifelong Learning Skill

Technology changes with every breath we take, and we’re trying to prepare our students for a world that will inevitably…
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On Self-Care and Other Lessons Gleaned from Yoga

For the past few years, I have been practicing an ancient, distinctive yogic tradition called “ashtanga.” It tends to attract…
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Building Tomorrow’s Leaders in Baltimore

The walls of my office are adorned with posters covered in sticky notes. Multi-colored with a myriad of handwriting ranging…
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The Purpose of Positive Emotions

Every once in a while, you come across a piece of writing that causes you to see the world differently.…
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Using School Challenges to Develop Adaptive Leaders

by Jason Coady, LL’13, Director of Learning Research and Development, The Hill School (PA)   When I walked into the gcLi…
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My Podcast Habit

As educators and school leaders, we rely on certain resources as trusted friends to help us navigate complicated experiences or…


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Emily Ihrke
Executive Editor, gcLi Leadership Blog
Director PK-12 Ethical Leadership Program
University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee (WI)
eihrke@gclileadership.org