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Gathering Family Feedback on Edtech Usage
Edtech tools can serve as a channel to involve families in their students’ lives, strengthen the home-school connection, and provide access to teachers for better communication. School leaders should seek to gather family feedback to ensure all...
How Do Edtech Products “Stack” Up?: Improving Quality in Virtual and Hybrid Learning Through Technology
This resource distills learnings about what must be true for edtech to promote virtual and hybrid learning program quality and offers leaders a series of questions to ask themselves when considering their own edtech products’ ability to do so.
NYC School Without Walls' Approach to Student and Family Engagement
Through their participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, NYC School Without Walls sought to increase engagement with asynchronous learning and provide clarity for both students and families about expectations for virtual learning.
Norms and Expectations in Virtual and Hybrid Learning
For students to succeed in a virtual/hybrid learning environment, it is essential for schools to establish clear norms and expectations to ease students’ and families’ transitions into virtual and hybrid learning and set them up for success. This...
Increasing Student Buy-In with Targeted Communications (NYC SWOW)
Through their participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, NYC School Without Walls designed and piloted a program that increased communication with students and families, and created connections between class-based lessons and...
Learner-Centered Design in Virtual and Hybrid Learning
For students to succeed in a virtual/hybrid learning environment, it is essential for schools and teachers to implement learner-centered design practices. This Insight explores the research behind this critical lever and real-world case studies of...
Supporting Student Nutrition in Virtual and Hybrid Settings: Lessons from Addressing the Digital Divide
Virtual learners often can't access the same level of nutritional support as their in-person peers. This insight helps virtual and hybrid school and system leaders tackle this challenge.
Digital Access: How can leaders ensure that every student can access the digital tools they need to develop as expert learners?
This problem of practice offers school leaders three approaches to ensure each student has the ability to use digital tools effectively, safely, and responsibly with consistent access across both home and school settings.
Friendship Online Academy
Friendship Online Academy consists of two programs, including a virtual public charter school for K-8 students, the only approved online school in Washington, D.C., and an online academy for 9th-12th graders based at Friendship Collegiate High...
Telling the Story: A Human-Centered Approach to Scaling Through Uncertainty
In a time of shrinking budgets and shifting priorities, edtech products and education programs face growing challenges when trying to scale. Storytelling offers a powerful way to bridge the gap between innovation and adoption—by centering real-world...
Making AI Guidance Actionable for Teachers, Students, and Families
By starting with stakeholder input and pairing policy with tailored supports, United Charter High School Humanities II created a clear, community-aligned approach to AI integration. Their work shows how schools can move from policy to practice by...