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Systemic Changes in the Chugach School District

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Systemic Changes in the Chugach School District

  • Wendy Battino is the Executive Director for the Re-Inventing Schools Foundation and former Chugach teacher, principal and team member. Wendy is the author of the first Malcolm Baldrige Award Winning Application in Education, for the Chugach School District. She continues her work with organizations around the globe focusing on reinventing schools based on the Re-Inventing Schools Model.

  • Jo Clem is currently a Board Member and Senior Examiner for RISC/ Reinventing Schools Coalition, funded by Bill and Melinda GATES Educational Foundation and can be reached at 214-458-1968.

Systemic Changes in Public Schools through Brain-Based Learning

  • Renate N. Caine, Ph. D., is a professor emeritus of Education, California State University, San Bernardino. She is currently serving as Executive Director of the Caine Learning Institute in Idyllwild, California. The institute is dedicated to creating schools, educators and teachers that use a comprehensive understanding of learning as the foundation for constructivist teaching. Renate is also the Director of Research of The Brain/Mind and Education Research Center.

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A Vision of an Information-Age Educational System

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Systemic Changes in Teacher Education

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Systemic Changes in Corporate Training

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Wendy Battino., Jo Clem., Renate N. Caine. et al. New Systems Produced by Systemic Change. TECHTRENDS TECH TRENDS 50, 51–56 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-006-7586-x

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