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Creating a Districtwide Learning Framework at Hopkins Public Schools
Ann Ertl, Interim Director of Innovation, Design, and Learning at Hopkins Public Schools describes the district’s learning framework and how it is used to provide school leaders with guidance around decision making for their individual schools given...
Districtwide Learning Framework To Create Coherence With Greater School Autonomy
Hopkins Public Schools shifted decision-making to be more school-based and used the district learning framework to provide guidance and ensure coherence and continuity across the district.
Vision 2031
Hopkins Public Schools’ landing page for the district’s Vision 2031, which outlines the vision for an innovative education and a portrait of a graduate in 2031.
Vision 2031: Adoption of District-Wide, 10-Year Vision for Innovation
Using feedback from multiple stakeholders, Hopkins Public Schools crafted a vision for what an innovative education would look like within the district by 2031, including the ideal portrait of a graduate.
Hybrid Learning With a Focus on In-Person Time for Labs, Hands-On Activities, and Collaboration
For students who are involved in remote learning, Hopkins Public Schools provided authentic, in-person learning experiences for hands-on activities and collaboration.
Activity: "State of..." Team Mad Lib Protocol
Teams can use this activity to story-tell and reflect on a change management and/or innovation initiative. Teams are asked to use a "mad lib" style template to share the driving problem or challenge they were trying address, the solution they...
Addressing Digital Equity in Austin ISD
Dr. Suzanne Newell, Director of Academics at Austin Independent School District, shares the steps that the district has taken to address digital equity and how it affects students – ranging from the use of one-to-one devices and community Wi-Fi...
Rolling Out Centrally Developed Curricular Blueprints To Support Remote Learning
Dr. Suzanne Newell, Director of Academics at Austin Independent School District, shares how the district reshuffled its academic coaching team to support the creation of a centrally aligned virtual curriculum that all teachers could work with.
Hop, Skip, Leapfrog
Exploring the concrete ways schools and systems pursued student-centered innovation during COVID-19
Hop, Skip, Leapfrog: Introduction
What have we learned? What will we take forward? The COVID-19 pandemic has posed incredible challenges for American K-12 education. From navigating the shift to remote learning to putting in place new measures to support safety to identifying and...