https://orendaed.org/blog/ Articles and book-study reflections from Orenda’s practitioners on leadership, systems, and equity in education. en-us Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:03:50 GMT https://orendaed.org/blog/the-equity-leadership-column-what-holds-a-system-up/ https://orendaed.org/blog/the-equity-leadership-column-what-holds-a-system-up/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Orenda Education Book Study By October, the plans made at the beginning of the school year have met reality. https://orendaed.org/blog/instructional-leadership-doesnt-wait-for-trust-it-builds-it/ https://orendaed.org/blog/instructional-leadership-doesnt-wait-for-trust-it-builds-it/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dr. Erica Thomas Educational Articles Word for word, write down the last piece of feedback you gave a teacher. Don’t embellish. I’ve done this with my own feedback, and it wasn’t comfortable. Keep it for later. https://orendaed.org/blog/before-you-choose-the-strategy-develop-the-strategist/ https://orendaed.org/blog/before-you-choose-the-strategy-develop-the-strategist/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Orenda Education Book Study Last month, we asked a deceptively difficult question: What can we take off our district’s “Christmas tree”? https://orendaed.org/blog/the-christmas-tree-effect-when-more-isnt-better/ https://orendaed.org/blog/the-christmas-tree-effect-when-more-isnt-better/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Orenda Education Book Study Have you ever wondered how it is that the more solutions we bring in to help historically lower-performing students, the less they sometimes seem to impact students? https://orendaed.org/blog/x-marks-the-spot-what-makes-orendas-curriculum-alignment-process-so-powerful/ https://orendaed.org/blog/x-marks-the-spot-what-makes-orendas-curriculum-alignment-process-so-powerful/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dr. Sarah Mott Gonzales Educational Articles Accelerated achievement data occurs when taught standards and tested rigor overlap – and our latest round of impact data demonstrates the power of Orenda’s Curriculum Alignment design.