December 29, 2025

What Does It Take to Make Systemic Change in Education?

In 2017, Brent Malicote, the associate superintendent at the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE), asked superintendent Dave Gordon for $35,000 to try something small. The plan was simple: bring Sacramento educators together for a community of practice on social-emotional learning (SEL). He didn’t know if anyone would show up, but the free event quickly […]