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“Fast and Furious” vs. “Slow and Steady”: How fast should we be moving from pilot to scale? What will help us best achieve sustainability?
This guide unpacks the relative benefits of accelerating versus slowing down the pace of implementation to achieve sustainability and offers examples of the way systems across the country have managed this tension.
Build Internally vs. Buy Externally: How should we develop our talent and resource pipeline?
This guide unpacks the relative benefit of buying external resources and services versus building internal capacity and offers examples of the way systems across the county have managed this tension.
Prioritize Need vs. Prioritize Readiness: How do we decide where to pilot and how to allocate resources to schools?
This guide unpacks the relative benefits of allocating resources based on the need versus the readiness of schools and offers examples of the way systems across the county have managed this tension.
“Prix Fixe” vs. “A la Carte”: Should we scale a comprehensive model throughout our system or provide access to a series of independent, modular resources or tools?
This guide unpacks the relative benefits of creating a central “prix fixe” implementation model vs offering more flexible “a la carte” options and offers examples of the way systems across the county have managed this tension.
Collecting Data in Pursuit of Equity
Using data to understand how the system is serving different groups of students
Building Blended Learning Leaders' Capacity
How to engage teachers and develop a community of blended learning leaders
Centralizing Procurement Information to Enable Decentralized Choices
Helping teachers and schools make effective technology procurement choices.
Building Routines, Systems, and Habits of Mind Before Personalizing Learning
How to cultivate the underlying skills that will help both teachers and students engage productively in a personalized learning environment.
Engaging the Community to Build Future Momentum
How to build momentum for change by opening dialogue and participation across the entire system.
Using a Readiness Assessment to Efficiently Structure Roll-Out
How to determine sequencing for rolling out resources and supports to schools across the system.
Letting Schools Determine Their Implementation Timing
How to scale across all schools while still promoting school autonomy and choice.