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Today's One Thing for Leaders: What's Next? Planning for Success When There Is No Plan
This installment of Today's One Thing for Leaders explores how education leaders can think about planning for the months ahead and the relaunch of learning in the fall.
Teaching Practices
What are the design factors that drive quality in K-12 remote learning?
Strong remote instruction leverages key research-informed design features to effectively engage students in learning. This guide will explore three design areas – technology, pedagogy, and relationships – that teachers should consider, as well as...
Strategies
Activity: Build a Shared Commitment to Change
When designing change, teams should start with a clear definition of and commitment to why change is necessary.
Strategies
Activity: Get Inspired! Explore Innovative Schools
When designing change, teams look externally to glean best practices from other districts and schools that have implemented strategies to increase equity and resiliency in teaching and learning.
Guides
Real-Time Redesign: Introduction
Why This Toolkit Exists School and system leaders undoubtedly want to remove barriers to equity, but it can often feel difficult to find the right time to make these changes. However, we believe that school and system leaders can make meaningful,...
Spotlights & Case Studies
Real-Time Redesign Case Study: Mastery Charter Schools
This case study provides an overview of Mastery Charter Schools' experience progressing through Real-Time Redesign.
Strategies
Offering College-Credit Bearing Opportunities
Meriden Public Schools partnered with different universities to help high school students receive college credit for taking certain courses with a university-provided syllabus.
Guides
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...
Guides
Digital Equity: Essential Conditions to Support Digital Equity
The concept of digital equity is nuanced and complex. Beyond ensuring powerful access and meaningful use, it also incorporates the surrounding ecosystem. To fully realize the promise of the learning opportunities presented in the previous section,...
Strategies
Discussion Boards
Students can connect with their peers asynchronously in a meaningful way through online discussion boards.
Strategies
Weekly Learning Logs
Schools can create checkpoints at the end of each week with the use of learning logs, through which students share takeaways and reflections about what they learned.
