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Aligning on the “Why” through “The End of Average”
Aligning on the “why” of a model is crucial. Dallas ISD utilizes a book study of “The End of Average” to align on the rationale for a personalized model and apply its concepts to education and their instructional model.
Strategies
Forging Partnership with Neighboring District To Share Resources
Meriden Public Schools partnered with a neighboring district for a teacher exchange and to share resources.
Artifacts
Overview of Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University
Ector County Independent School District partnered with Harvard University researchers to explore how to structure a performance-based contract for virtual tutoring.
Artifacts
School Districts and Tutoring Providers Explore Outcomes-Based Contracting K-12 Math Education
This blog post provides highlights from the Outcomes-Based Contracting Summit co-organized by Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research and Third Sector. Ector County Independent School District Superintendent Scott Muri was a part...
Strategies
Virtual, Outcomes-Based Contract Tutoring
Ector County Independent School District is currently piloting outcomes-based tutoring with a virtual tutoring company at the district’s lowest-performing middle school. The district targeted 40 of its highest-need students that will be provided...
Artifacts
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.
Strategies
School-Based Budget Decision Making with District-Facilitated Support
To support school leaders in building decision-making skills and autonomy around school-based budgeting, Hopkins Public Schools provided district-facilitated support to school leaders.
Strategies
Investing in Infrastructure to Solve Complex Challenges
By implementing a strategic and holistic approach to infrastructure, education leaders can begin to address and find solutions to many of the challenges within education. Using the example of student nutrition, the following steps offer guidance on...
Strategies
Prioritizing Student Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Growth through an SEL Curriculum
Valor designed the Compass, a comprehensive human development model and social-emotional curriculum, to foster students who lead balanced, purposeful lives.
Teaching Practices
How do I set up a station rotation model in my classroom?
Interested in implementing stations and not sure where to start? This guide will give you tangible resources and research, with key insights and strategies around culture, space, and routines.
Spotlights & Case Studies
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...
