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Hop, Skip, Leapfrog: Introduction
What have we learned? What will we take forward? The COVID-19 pandemic has posed incredible challenges for American K-12 education. From navigating the shift to remote learning to putting in place new measures to support safety to identifying and...
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....
Hop, Skip, Leapfrog: Shifting Conditions
The success educators have in developing new teaching and learning practices can significantly depend on the systemic conditions in which they operate. The right conditions can accelerate progress, helping new approaches take flight. Unsupportive...
Hop, Skip, Leapfrog: Take It Forward in Your Context
Now that you’ve explored the lessons from other schools and systems, consider how this work has a bearing on your own context. What new muscles have you and your team already built? What will you do with them and how can you go forward?
Deepening Arts Enrichment Through Three-Week Focus Scheduling
Modifying arts enrichment schedules to minimize risk to enrichment teachers also leads to deeper engagement in the arts for students.
Shifting Towards Assessment-Aligned Trimester Reporting
With the switch to virtual learning, the School District of Cudahy identified a core set of power standards and shifted from quarters to trimesters to better align with their assessment cycle.
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.
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.
Measuring Adult Wellbeing in Schools - Survey Instrument
In collaboration with Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD), The Learning Accelerator (TLA) developed this 20-item survey based on an initial review of the literature related to adult wellbeing. Its purpose is to help district and system leaders to...