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The Council of the Great City Schools is a coalition of 66 of the nation's largest urban public school systems.

Urban School Leadership and Governance

Below are the sessions on Urban School Leadership and Governance presented at the 51st Annual Fall Conference in Nashville

What It Really Means for School Leaders to Know Enough About Instruction to Improve the Quality of Teaching Practice-- University of Washington
Preparing Leaders Ready to Close the Achievement Gap-- Wichita State University/Wichita Public School District
Incentive Pay Scorecards for Improved Performance-- Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Building a Data Warehouse for K-12: A Case Study Comparison-- Charleston County School District
Pittsburgh Urban Leadership System for Excellence-- Harvard University
Chicago's Innovative Partnerships for Teacher Empowerment-- Chicago Public Schools
Teacher Professional Partnerships in MPS: A New Model of Effective Urban School Governance, Teacher Leadership Devlopment and District Service Improvement-- Milwaukee Public Schools
A Community-Based Process for Establishing or Changing School Attendance Boundaries-- Austin Independent School District
District Initiatives for Building Future Leaders-- Houston Independent School District
PLAN:Creating Leadership Around Learning-- Vanderbilt University/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools
Performance Pay Lessons Learned-- Houston Independent School District
Three C's of Leadership: Compassion, Collaborations and Communications-- Portland Public Schools
The Role of School Board Development to Create an Effective Board-Superintendent Leadership Team Focused on Student Achievement-- Providence Public Schools
Closing and Repurposing Schools: Community Involvement and Interlocal Collaboration-- Austin Independent School District
Effective Board Leadership: How Policy and Monitoring Yields Academic Success-- Clark County School District
A Strategic Planning Model for Urban Systemic Reform-- East Baton Rouge Parish School System