Jeff Connell · Follow 7 min read · -- Photo by Ian Schneider on Unsplash In the first two parts of this series, we tackled the issues with the federal Department of Education, state DOEs, school boards, and districts. Now, we get to the heart of the system, individual schools, their leadership, and the teachers within them. This is where policy meets practice, where students feel the direct impact of decisions made at every level above them.