Book of the Month for November 2024

Making Room for Impact: A De-implementation Guide for Educators

 

by - by Arran Hamilton, John Hattie, Dylan Wiliam

With teacher and leader workloads and burnout at an all-time high, it’s time for de-implementation: de-prioritizing and deleting the less effective, higher-cost initiatives we implement in schools. De-implementation allows us to focus on practices that have more supporting evidence and a higher probability of positive impact on students, and at the same time gain much-needed work-life balance.

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