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Inquiry-Based Outdoor Immersion Programs at Hopkins Public Schools
Ann Ertl, Interim Director of Innovation, Design, and Learning at Hopkins Public Schools, describes their inquiry-based outdoor immersion program piloted with a second-grade class at Eisenhower Elementary, which was created to bring students back to...
School-Based Budgeting with District Support at Hopkins Public Schools
Ann Ertl, Interim Director of Innovation, Design, and Learning at Hopkins Public Schools describes the district’s shift to providing school leaders with increased autonomy around school-based budgets.
Creating a Districtwide Learning Framework at Hopkins Public Schools
Ann Ertl, Interim Director of Innovation, Design, and Learning at Hopkins Public Schools describes the district’s learning framework and how it is used to provide school leaders with guidance around decision making for their individual schools given...
Setting up a Residency Program: The What, Where, and How to Make it Work for Your System
This research synthesis, prepared for Lindsay Unified School District Teacher and School Leader (TSL) Initiative, was designed to support systems looking for residency partners to ensure they are leveraging all the partner has to offer around the...
Digital Promise Technology Sustainability Toolkit
This toolkit is designed to provide digestible bits of information for consideration as districts move through the planning process. We realize that each school district and learning community is different. We developed this toolkit with input from...
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...
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.
Report: Learning Found, Not Lost - Examining Learner Growth and Supports in LUSD During and Beyond the COVID-19 Crisis
To examine the impact of COVID-19 school closures on their own learners, Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD) partnered with The Learning Accelerator (TLA) to design a mixed-methods study using quantitative data captured from benchmark assessments...
Back to School Instructional Program Scheduling Map
This Scheduling Map from Equity by Design incorporates guidance on social distancing for reopening school while pulling together options regarding where, what, when, how, and with whom components of learning happen
Laurel Springs' Community Connections
Laurel Springs School brings together parents and families through Community Connections, a monthly event held in Zoom designed to help families connect and meet each other.