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Launching Community Circles To Better Support Students
In response to the pandemic, Cedar Rapids Community School district implemented a district-wide family engagement plan based around quarterly phone calls to surface needs and concerns from families.
Multiple Access Points for Tech Support
To effectively support remote teaching and learning, Mendon-Upton Regional School District launched several different systems to support students, teachers, and families with technology.
Focusing Learning Through Standards Prioritization at Renton Public Schools
This video of Bob Ettinger, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment at Renton School District explains how the district brought together collaborative teams of teachers who taught the same subject and grade level to identify priority...
Reimagining High School Grading at Renton Public Schools
This video of Bob Ettinger, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment at Renton School District, explains how the district, in response to high failure rates during remote learning, surfaced solutions by inviting administrators, teachers,...
Reflecting on Hops, Skips, and Leaps at Taos Academy Charter
In this Insight, Elizabeth LeBlanc shares some of the hops, skips, and leaps Taos Academy Charter has made during the COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate effective teaching and learning – and examines what they'll take forward with them.
Episode 10: Distinctive Schools on Communities of Care and Thoughtful Instructional Strategies
On this episode of What Will We Take With Us?, a series featuring our conversations with education leaders across the United States on how they grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic in K-12 education, we speak with two leaders at Distinctive Schools...
Feedback-Based Family Facebook Groups
At My Tech High, parents and families use the program's Facebook group to share notes, feedback, and questions on different curriculum providers and tools. Families have a large number of options for curriculum platforms, so peer feedback is crucial...
Family Welcome Calls
Reaching out to students’ families and welcoming them to the school community can help establish strong relationships and a successful foundation for the school year.
Virtual Engagement Profiles
Schools create a dashboard or profile of each student, displaying their engagement, academic performance, and whether or not they need additional support.
Measuring Unfinished Learning: A Guide for Schools and Systems to Understand and Measure Student Progress
This insight investigates how education leaders can take an asset-based approach to measuring student learning, offering concrete processes and methodology to examine learner growth during times of disruption to student learning.