FOCUS ON ASSETS overcome barriers

Inclusive approach to closing learning gaps Are our school districts leaving out the role of district office leaders and boards of education as important links to closing the achievement gap? Since the recent "discovery" of the achievement gap (the theme for this issue of Leadership more appropriately has identified it as "learning gap"), we in the education community have placed more attention on assessment and accountability than at any time in our history. [...] in your role as school leader - county, district or site level- we invite you to engage with your colleagues in dialogue to surface deeply held assumptions and reach shared understanding of what "closing the learning gap" means to the school community.