School improvement can be messy, but it's not rocket science

By Dr Linda Bendikson & Dr Frauke Meyer
Community contribution / January 20, 2023

Every school can improve on their current achievement levels – but it takes a clear vision and strong procedural support.

We argue that improvement work can look messy and difficult at the start, but if the foundations are laid correctly ...

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By Dr Linda Bendikson & Dr Frauke Meyer

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Dr Linda Bendikson was the Director of the Centre for Educational Leadership at the University of Auckland from 2011 until 2019 when she started working as an independent consultant trading under the name LB Schooling Improvement Ltd. Dr Frauke Meyer is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland teaching in the Master of Educational Leadership program. Frauke’s research, teaching, and work with practitioner communities is focused on school improvement and principal and middle leadership to improve equity in student outcomes.

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