LEAP Innovations

LEAP Innovations LEAP is a Chicago-based national nonprofit focused on transforming our system of learning to provide holistic, tailored experiences for every student.

📬 A quick inbox check for our LEAP community!With the LEAP and NGLC merge, we’ve been busy this summer building exciting...
09/25/2026

📬 A quick inbox check for our LEAP community!

With the LEAP and NGLC merge, we’ve been busy this summer building exciting programs and preparing for what’s ahead this fall.

As our organizations come together, we want to make sure you’re receiving the opportunities, resources, and updates that are most relevant to you.

Check your inbox for an email from LEAP with an “Update Preferences” link and take a moment to confirm your contact information and email preferences.

This will help us keep your inbox useful and make sure you don’t miss the things that matter most to you.

If you're not on our email lists, you can find a link to sign up here: https://www.leapinnovations.org/partner-with-leap

We’re excited for what’s ahead and look forward to staying connected this fall! 🍂

09/25/2026

Read what's new on the LEAP blog » PRESS RELEASE: 18 Chicago area schools turning school improvement plans into student-centered learning successes with LEAP Innovations

The long-running LEAP Innovations Pilot Network gets a new name to reflect the accelerated progress that school teams make on their teaching and learning goals.

https://resources.leapinnovations.org/news/leap-accelerator-2627-announcement

09/18/2026
As a new school year begins, one question is worth asking: Are students actually experiencing learning the way we hope t...
09/15/2026

As a new school year begins, one question is worth asking: Are students actually experiencing learning the way we hope they are?

This fall, the LEAP Learner Engagement Survey gives educators a practical way to find out: https://www.leapinnovations.org/survey

In just 15 minutes, LEAP gathers student and teacher perspectives on the classroom learning experience, helping schools explore questions like:

🔹 Are students experiencing greater agency and engagement?
🔹 Is our Portrait of a Graduate showing up in everyday learning?
🔹 Are new instructional approaches making a difference?
🔹 Where do student and teacher perspectives align or differ?
🔹 What can we do next to strengthen learning and engagement?

What makes LEAP especially valuable is that students and teachers respond to the same indicators at the same time, creating a shared picture of the learning experience.

And the insights don’t stop with the data. LEAP connects results to the research-validated LEAP Learning Framework™, providing practical strategies educators can use to reflect, learn, and take action.

For teachers and school leaders looking to move beyond assumptions and truly understand the student learning experience, LEAP offers a simple way to listen, learn, and act.

📅 The Fall Survey window closes October 16.
👉 Register by October 1 to get started gathering student and teacher feedback: https://www.leapinnovations.org/survey

We enjoyed meeting the 40 Chicago principals participating in the AI Leader Fellowship with The Chicago Public Education...
09/14/2026

We enjoyed meeting the 40 Chicago principals participating in the AI Leader Fellowship with The Chicago Public Education Fund last week! These school leaders are ready to go, recognizing there's a window of opportunity to shape what AI in Education and school leadership looks like, and focusing on the purely human elements of their role -- as The FUND states here: "AI should strengthen human leadership, not replace the judgment, relationships, and experience that make great school leadership possible."

We offer a warm welcome to this incredible group. We are honored to work alongside you through the Fellowship!

Last week, we welcomed 40 Chicago principals into our inaugural AI Leader Fellowship!

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already impacting how schools operate; these leaders are stepping in to shape that change rather than react to it. Over the next nine months, they will work through what thoughtful, human-centered AI actually looks like in a Chicago learning community.

Throughout the school year, cohort members will be asking where AI can reduce administrative burden, strengthen decision-making, and give principals back time for instructional leadership.

Helping guide that exploration is our technical partner, LEAP Innovations, whose expertise in AI and implementation will support cohort members as they move from early questions to real application.

One principle remains at the center of it all: AI should strengthen human leadership, not replace the judgment, relationships, and experience that make great school leadership possible.

Please join us in welcoming our first cohort. Here's to creating more time for the work that matters most.

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