School Models: Page 28

  • Students play outside during Tulsa Public Schools' Ready. Set. Summer! program in Oklahoma in 2021
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    Tulsa Public Schools fine-tunes summer programming with eye toward pandemic best practices

    By adjusting staff schedules, program sites and making other tweaks, the district aims to improve on last year's successes with support from partnerships.

    By • March 23, 2022
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    Florida overhauls state assessment in favor of ‘progress monitoring system’

    The "shorter," "more individualized" assessment approach will reportedly not detangle results from high-stakes accountability metrics.

    By • March 23, 2022
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    STEM

    From AI to quantum physics, STEM learning opportunities in K-12 are expanding to keep pace with related fields.

    By K-12 Dive staff
  • U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona engages with students during a conversational keynote at SXSW EDU 2022 in Austin, Texas.
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    SXSW EDU 2022: Our recap of Austin's ed innovation extravaganza

    We've rounded up all of our coverage from this year's show in one location for your convenience.

    March 22, 2022
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    Empathy versus empathic accuracy: what's the difference?

    Kognito uses experiential learning to demonstrate empathy vs. empathic accuracy.

    March 21, 2022
  • 3 school communications experts share best practices to improve family engagement during a March 8 panel at SXSW EDU.
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    4 best practices school communication experts are embracing to improve family engagement

    Three experts shared the value of expressing empathy during polarizing times and getting to know families in a panel at SXSW EDU.

    By • March 18, 2022
  • TNTP CEO Taquilla Brownie discusses strategies for disrupting racial inequity in K-12 with Austin Independent School District trustee Kevin Michael Foster at SXSW EDU 2022 in Austin, Texas.
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    How can K-12 become a great equalizer? These 3 factors are key

    During a session at SXSW EDU, experts discussed the role of elected leaders, partnerships and more in expanding opportunities for all students.

    By • March 18, 2022
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    10-year study: GPAs, course rigor rising for high school grads

    Analysis of course levels and performances from the class of 2019 can help educators plan academic content and offerings, experts say.

    By • March 17, 2022
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    Violence against educators cited as factor in desire to quit or transfer

    An American Psychological Association survey of nearly 15,000 school staff shows pre-K-12 personnel feel unsafe and unsupported.

    By • March 17, 2022
  • A panel at SXSW EDU 2022 discusses a learning pod initiative in Rhode Island's Central Falls School District.
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    How a Rhode Island district adapted learning pods to improve student equity

    A SXSW EDU session detailed how Central Falls School District gained community buy-in and how the model could help diversify teacher pipelines.

    By • March 16, 2022
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    NAGB intends to remotely administer NAEP after pandemic's 'sobering lessons'

    Following "serious internal examination," changes to the Nation's Report Card could include the use of artificial intelligence to score written responses.

    By • March 15, 2022
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    GAO recommends minimizing virtual charter schools' management risks

    With virtual charter enrollment on the rise, school systems should examine lower assessment participation rates, among other recommendations.

    By • March 15, 2022
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    Opinion

    How the pandemic made social-emotional learning more accessible

    These skills are essential for managing emotions, problem solving and building relationships, an expert writes in honor of International SEL Day.

    By Katari Coleman • March 11, 2022
  • U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona engages with students during a conversational keynote at SXSW EDU 2022 in Austin, Texas.
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    Day 3 at SXSW EDU 2022: Cardona raises student voice, district leaders discuss population shifts

    The Austin ed innovation festival's third day also included principal pipeline equity discussions and a hip-hop icon promoting student mental health.

    By , • March 10, 2022
  • A keynote panel discusses the impact of culture wars hitting schools during SXSW EDU on March 8, 2022, in Austin, Texas.
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    Day 2 at SXSW EDU 2022: Culture wars, 'future-proofing' classrooms, and disrupting racial inequity

    The Austin, Texas, education innovation conference continued Tuesday with conversations on media literacy, workforce pathways and more.

    By , • March 8, 2022
  • A reading interventionist in Carmi-White County CUSD 5 in Carmi, Illinois, lets students read to a hermit crab in February 2022.
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    5 principals share the benefits and hardships of ESSER budgeting

    Leaders are budgeting for initiatives such as hiring reading interventionists, supporting SEL and purchasing outdoor learning furniture.

    By • March 8, 2022
  • Educator, cognitive psychologist, and author Pooja Agarwal discusses retrieval practice during a keynote at SXSW EDU 2022 in Austin, Texas.
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    Day 1 at SXSW EDU 2022: Retrieval practice, universal meals and revolutionizing assessment

    Couldn't make it to Austin, Texas? Get caught up on conversations around learning pods, classroom models and more.

    By , • March 7, 2022
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    Concerns about bullying, anxiety follow loosening of mask mandates

    School leaders ask for respect for individual masking choices as more communities make masks optional.

    By • March 4, 2022
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    3 ways districts are embracing SEL

    Creative strategies are helping schools engage students in strengthening their social-emotional well-being and soft skills.

    By Katie Navarra • March 1, 2022
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    How schools can bring the 'future of assessments' into the classroom

    Manage and make sense of the various assessment data that states, districts and individual teachers collect to support decision-making and the communication of students' progress to families.

    Feb. 28, 2022
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    Deep Dive

    Home visits give educators and families time to connect

    The strategy has been shown to contribute to increased academic performance and reduced chronic absenteeism.

    By • Feb. 24, 2022
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    Will learning pods persist beyond the pandemic?

    With most schools back to in-person learning, policy and funding will impact the model's future use, experts say.

    By • Feb. 23, 2022
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    Recess needed now more than ever for students amid COVID-19, experts say

    With a growing focus on SEL, schools are not likely to take away recess time as they manage learning loss recovery along with mental health concerns.

    By • Feb. 18, 2022
  • AASA Executive Director Dan Domenech chats with U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona during a general session at the School Superintendents Association's annual conference in Nashville.
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    Cardona: Tomorrow's problems can't be solved with yesterday's designs

    The U.S. education secretary told AASA conference attendees the decisions of the next two years will affect education spending for the next decade.

    By • Feb. 18, 2022
  • Guilford County Schools Superintendent Sharon Contreras speaks during a panel on assistant principals during AASA's national conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
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    Diversifying, expanding the assistant principalship key to repairing leadership pipelines

    Despite impacts on culture and outcomes, those in the role continue to face barriers, experts said during a session at AASA's national conference.

    By • Feb. 18, 2022
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    Opinion

    COVID-19 relief plans don't reflect needs of English learners — it's not too late to change that

    An English-learner policy analyst writes that time and thoughtfulness in spending are critical to ensuring underserved groups' needs are met now and in the future.

    By Leslie Villegas • Feb. 17, 2022