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Advice: Considerations for Creating a Homegrown Residency Program
This report aims to provide K-12 systems with a means to identify and align on the ideal outcomes and expectations for a residency program, as well as to recognize specific characteristics that serve as indicators for success.
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.
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.
Digital Equity: Taking It Forward
This guide exists as a starting point to help school and system leaders have meaningful, actionable, and iterative conversations around digital equity and to develop concrete plans of action. Now that you have explored the content and begun to work...
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...
A 10-Point Guidance for Schools to Promote Equitable COVID-19 Vaccination
In collaboration with Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools, a public charter school in Brooklyn, New York, EquityByDesign.org has created this 10-point plan to help schools promote vaccination and address hesitancy. This plan is informed by insights...
School Air Quality Assessment Guide
This toolkit from the Parabola Project is designed to assist district and building operations and facilities leaders by providing a checklist of priority steps related to improving air quality to prepare for in-person learning.
Communications School Communities Deserve: Principles and Practice for the COVID-19 Era and Beyond
This toolkit from Brooklyn Lab Charter School and Equity by Design outlines five core principles and provides practical advice on how to improve school-community communication to improve schools.
Step-by-Step Options for Serving Meals
Schools serve the important function of providing nutritious food to students throughout the school day. This toolkit offers detailed protocols for serving and eating meals while staying safe, including meal delivery and distribution, physical...
Reopening Considerations Checklist
This tool from LunchAssist provides a checklist of all of the considerations schools need to think through for reopening their meal service programs.