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Equity-Focused Attendance Phase-In
In order to prioritize in-person instruction for students with the greatest needs, Ector County Independent School District phased in students for in-person instruction through a seven-phase approach starting first for those without internet access.
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12 Time Management Tips for College Students
A concise set of practical tips to help college students manage time, stay organized, and balance responsibilities effectively.
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Roots Executive Director Discusses His Role
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, discussed his role and how he works with his co-leader to support the school model. Transcript: Jon Hanover: So, it's definitely us working together. Jill's taken the lead on all of the tech stuff, and I've...
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Roots Director of Operations and Innovation Discusses the "Why" and the "How" of Tech Tool Development
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares the team's philosophy for understanding technology needs, doing diligence on existing products, and developing tools to fill gaps. Transcript: Jill Tew: Whole process, we were thinking...
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Roots Director of Operations and Innovation Discusses Use of Google Apps
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares the importance of Google Apps to Root's instructional and operational model. Transcript: Jill Tew: I think Google and its kind of skeleton will always make sense for us as kind of the...
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Roots Executive Director Explains Modifying Tech Tools
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, discusses how the school built customized apps to integrate with their Google tools.Transcript: Jon Hanover: the apps that we built around Google Calendar that interact with the API – the first one is the one...
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Roots Executive Director Discussing the Benefit of Defaulting to Playlists
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, discusses the benefit of a norm of defaulting to their independent learning tasks if not scheduled directly with a teacher during a learning block.Transcript: Jon Hanover: some of the early pioneers in...
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Roots Executive Director Provides an Overview of Creation of Schedules
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, shares the process for scheduling student and teacher time.Transcript: Jon Hanover: we built an app that basically allows our habits of success coaches in partnership with scholars to basically plan out their...
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Storytelling Built to Engage Community Stakeholders
Most schools and districts have a specific communications strategy built-in to their yearly calendar; however, many of these schools and districts need to work on the storytelling they use in order to leverage communication strategies more...
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Take Advantage of Lost Learning Time
Virtual learning days may occur once a week, just a few times a semester, or exclusively when there is an emergency situation such as a “snow day.” On these days, teachers post class assignments online and students work on them at their own pace...
