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The Nation's First Graduate School within a K-12 Learning Community. Learn more at www.hthgse.org in Educational Leadership (EDL) and an M.Ed.

The HTH Graduate School of Education (GSE) —the nation's first graduate school situated entirely within a K-12 learning community—supports teachers, educational leaders and school founders in reimagining schools with a focus on equity, deeper learning and shared leadership. The GSE is embedded within the 16 High Tech High K-12 schools, providing a rich context for personalized, hands-on learning and the integration of theory and practice. The GSE’s commitment to diversity, equity and integration is central to the mission, as are its aspirations to serve as a hub for antiracist/anti-bias and deeper learning practices within higher education. The GSE functions as a full adult learning community with graduate degree programs, fellowship programs, the Center for Research on Equity and Innovation, and a range of professional learning offerings. The GSE offers two master’s programs: an M.Ed. in Teaching & Learning (T&L) through the Teaching Apprenticeship Program (TAP), which also serves as a pathway for candidates to earn a Multiple Subject or Single Subject California Preliminary Teaching Credential. The GSE also offers the New School Creation Fellowship for educational leaders committed to designing and founding new schools focused on equity, deeper learning and innovation.

10/01/2026

🇯🇵🌎 From San Diego to Japan, and back again! We recently had the joy of welcoming 39 high school educators, school leaders, and district administrators from Japan to High Tech High for three days of learning, connection, and design.

The visit was led by HTH GSE M.Ed. alum Shinya Hiraoka, founder of Stapia, Inc., who has been bringing groups of Japanese educators to our schools for the past two years as part of his work to transform education in Japan. 💛

Throughout their time at our Point Loma schools, the delegation explored learning at HTH and turned that inspiration into action, developing project designs of their own to bring back to their educational communities.

One of our favorite moments came during the culminating exhibition, when our Stapia friends were joined by GSE faculty and our entire San Diego Teacher Residency cohort. Together, the groups shared their work, exchanged feedback, and celebrated learning across languages and cultures. One of our residents even shared a Japanese translation of the stories they wrote! 🥰

The closing exhibition was a beautiful example of what we hope to create in our schools: learners and teachers learning together, grounded in curiosity, connection, and reciprocity. ✨
There’s something pretty special about seeing an HTH GSE M.Ed. alum continue to build bridges between educators across the world, creating opportunities for ideas to travel, evolve, and take on new life in entirely different contexts.

Thank you, Shinya and Stapia, for continuing to learn alongside us. Until next time! 🇯🇵🤝🌎

09/30/2026

You probably do something really well that other educators would benefit from knowing about. Maybe it’s how you check for understanding, facilitate critique, form groups, communicate with your team, or solve one of those everyday challenges that comes with working in education.

So, let’s get it onto the page.

Join us for How to Turn Your Learning Into an Awesome Story, a completely FREE, one-hour writing workshop designed to help you turn something you’ve learned into a story others can learn from, too.

No big time commitment. No cost. Just one focused hour to finally write down that great idea you’ve been meaning to share.

📅 October 9
⏰ 9:00–10:00am PT
💻 Online
💲 FREE!

Because good ideas deserve to travel.

👉 Learn more + register: bit.ly/CI-Storytelling

09/29/2026

🌎 Deeper Learning has always been bigger than one school, one city, or one country. That’s what is all about.

At DL26, educators joined us from around the world to learn alongside one another, share what’s working in their own communities, and discover just how much connects this work across borders.

For this attendee, that meant traveling all the way from Australia to San Diego and finding something both affirming and challenging: a much broader movement of educators and schools working toward similar transformation.

And this is just the first story. 💬 Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing more reflections from the people who make the Deeper Learning community what it is.
✨ Different contexts. Different perspectives. A shared commitment to creating more meaningful learning for young people.

We really are better together.

🎟️ Ready to be part of DL27? Registration is open: bit.ly/dl-27

09/28/2026

What happens when teacher residency programs come together to learn from one another? 💡

Our team recently spent time with colleagues at UTEP and the Community of Residency Research and Practice (CoRRP), hosted by the Learning Policy Institute, connecting with residency leaders and exploring how programs nationwide are preparing and supporting the next generation of teachers.

A few ideas we’re bringing back with us:
✨ The important role mentors and cooperating teachers play in residents’ experiences and sense of connection
✨ New approaches to shared learning, including Learning Walks and shared governance meetings that bring residents, supervisors, site coordinators, and higher education partners together
✨ Continued advocacy for sustainable investment in teacher residencies, and the growing evidence that strong preparation matters for both teacher quality and retention

We’re grateful for opportunities to step outside of our own program, learn alongside others doing this work, and come home with new questions and ideas to explore.

09/24/2026

What makes improvement ? The people you get to learn alongside...

Over the next few weeks, we’re sharing reflections from members of the National Attendance & Engagement Meta Network about what this community has meant to them and their work.

First up: Amanda Castro, Director of Student Affairs at Pflugerville ISD, who describes META as one of her best professional development, networking, and learning experiences in her leadership work.

That’s exactly what we hope a network can be: a place to learn from one another, build meaningful connections, and get better at the work together.

💡 Curious about the community Amanda is talking about? Learn more about the National Attendance & Engagement Meta Network: bit.ly/MetaNetwork2027

And stay tuned for more voices from across the META community!

09/23/2026

Attendance work is better when we learn together. 💛

This , we’re highlighting voices from across the National Attendance & Engagement Meta Network.

For Elesha Curvey, School Social Work Coordinator and District Systems Lead at Atlanta Public Schools, joining META felt a little like coming home. She found a national community of educators equally passionate about attendance, sharing strategies, challenging assumptions, and learning what truly works for students.

🎥 Hear why Elesha believes there’s so much to gain when we learn across districts, roles, and communities.

Want to be part of conversations like these?

Join educators and improvement leaders from across the country at the 2027 National Summit on Improvement in Education, where we’ll keep learning from one another, share what’s working, and tackle some of education’s biggest challenges together.

🔗 Learn more + join us at Summit 2027: bit.ly/summit-27

09/22/2026

Sometimes the best way to learn is to leave the office. 👋🏽🏫

Today, our team is coming together for our first ONE GSE learning day of the year — and continuing one of our favorite traditions: leaving to learn.

This year, our shared learning centers on Building Toward Sustainable & Joyful Impact. So rather than spending the entire day together on our own campus, GSE faculty and staff are heading into schools within and beyond the HTH community to learn directly from the educators and leaders doing the work every day.

Across our visits, we're asking big questions about how schools and systems change, what educators engaged in change leadership need most, and where the GSE can add meaningful value and support.

And there's an extra special connection: some of the schools we're learning from are led by graduates of our M.Ed. in Educational Leadership program. 💛

Because being ONE GSE isn't just about the work happening within our walls. It's about staying connected to the people, schools, and communities we learn alongside — and bringing that learning back to strengthen what we do together.

Here's to a year of sustainable AND joyful impact. ✨

09/17/2026

What does it look like when students and educators come together to imagine the school community they want to create?

During our ATC Immersion, Brian Delgado and Shani Leader facilitated a day of collective visioning, reflection, and practical learning centered on connection, belonging, and possibility.

Together, students and educators developed a shared vision for their community and explored classroom practices that can help bring that vision to life—from intentional routines and language to nervous system regulation and supportive classroom structures.

We’re grateful for the thoughtful ideas, honest conversations, and commitment everyone brought to the day. The vision is only the beginning—now comes the work of bringing it to life.

09/08/2026

What does it take to meaningfully reduce chronic absenteeism? It starts with learning together and testing what works. 💡

Last week, the National Attendance & Engagement Meta Network came together in San Diego for two days of connection, reflection, and action at our first convening of the school year!

Teams from across the country dug into their data, learned from promising work happening across the network, and sharpened the change ideas they’ll test this year, all toward our shared goal of reducing chronic absenteeism for students furthest from opportunity.

One big idea guided our work:

✨ Generate evidence first. Then scale.

If we want to know what works and ultimately spread promising practices across the country, we have to get clear about the evidence we’re gathering. Teams spent time strengthening their measures, baselines, and testing strategies so we can build greater confidence in what’s driving improvement.

Now, teams are heading into their first PDSA cycles ready to test, learn, adapt, and build the evidence needed to take what works further.

Here’s to another year of learning and improving... together. 💛

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