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Leveraging Local Media to Communicate with Multilingual Families
Ector County Independent School District held a weekly press conference with every local media outlet to update the public on the status of schools during the pandemic and to share updates on teaching and learning practices. Every other week, they...
Hop, Skip, Leapfrog: Hops, Skips, and Leaps in Practice
Disruption, differences in location and resources, and the systemic, racial, and social inequities and injustices incurred and heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic demanded that educators improve or adopt practices to deeply support each student....
Setting Expectations Through Surveys
As students and teachers return to in-person learning, it is important to align on expectations, leverage learnings and students' skills from remote instruction, and design experiences that will support students in effective ways.
Sanitizing and Cleaning Your Classroom
The virus that causes COVID-19 is mainly spread through respiratory droplets. Having students and staff sanitize themselves, objects in classrooms, and high-touch surfaces reduces the risk of exposure to COVID-19.
Remote Pathways
Just like in an in-person environment, students in remote and hybrid environments can benefit from working in small groups for a variety of reasons including content support and enhanced, personalized working environments.
Digital Equity: Introduction
Access to digital technologies that enable powerful learning is more important than ever. Leaders and their communities are navigating rapid advancements in areas like artificial intelligence (AI) and community demand for flexible virtual and hybrid...
Digital Equity: Getting Started
Across the country, schools and systems find themselves in very different places when it comes to digital equity. Some may be looking at the devices and platforms implemented during the pandemic and now wonder, “What’s next?” Others might be seeing...
Digital Equity: Essential Conditions to Support Digital Equity
The concept of digital equity is nuanced and complex. Beyond ensuring powerful access and meaningful use, it also incorporates the surrounding ecosystem. To fully realize the promise of the learning opportunities presented in the previous section,...
Digital Equity Audit: Companion Workbook
The digital equity audit process and tools are intended to foster productive dialogue within leadership teams in an iterative manner. Whether you are just beginning to think about digital equity or have been working on it for years, cycling through...
Digital Equity Audit: Self-Assessment Tool
This Self-Assessment Tool is intended to foster productive dialogue within leadership teams in an iterative manner. Whether you are just beginning to think about digital equity or have been working on it for years, cycling through this tool will...