School Models: Page 40

  • Highline Public Schools Superintendent Susan Enfield, right, helps out at a meal distribution site.
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    Dive Awards

    District of the Year: Highline Public Schools

    In a year lacking face-to-face connections, a Washington district thinks outside the box to keep its promise to know every student by name, strength and need.

    By • Dec. 9, 2020
  • Kaitlin Jenkins is an English teacher at Colfax High School in Colfax, California
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    How educators are tweaking grading approaches in response to the pandemic

    Teachers are allowing students to revise work and stretch deadlines in attempts to fairly assess student performance this year.

    By • Dec. 8, 2020
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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
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    4 ways superintendents will handle snow days post-COVID-19

    The pandemic-era shift to online learning raises questions for the future of other emergency closures, along with key takeaways to gain buy-in.

    By Katie Navarra • Dec. 4, 2020
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    Report: More schools trending toward integration but challenges persist

    A repository of school integration efforts shows one in four students nationwide attend schools that have some racial or socioeconomic diversity policy.

    By • Dec. 3, 2020
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    Survey: Low-income families struggle more with remote ed

    Data from New Jersey finds 54% of Black parents and 56% of Latinx parents saying their child will need additional support to succeed, compared to 45% of higher-income parents.

    By Shawna De La Rosa • Dec. 2, 2020
  • Kyle Dooley, a kindergarten teacher in Virginia Beach City Public Schools, dresses in white to teach his students about colors in the fall of 2020..
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    Schools get creative to enroll, retain youngest students during pandemic

    With preschool and kindergarten attendance dipping this year — in some areas significantly — schools are implementing multiple strategies to keep learning and funding continuing.

    By • Dec. 2, 2020
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    Daily Roundup: Other news from around K-12

    The number of students with disabilities grew by about 700,000 over the past decade. Educonomics Lab tool helps districts calculate learning loss needs.

    By • Updated June 28, 2022
  • A young Black girl looks down, sadly, as she is excluded from peers in a school hallway.
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    From the Archive: 3 best practices for addressing hate and prejudice on school grounds

    A strong culture against intolerance is key to prevention, but some experts say administrators aren't prepared for these incidents. 

    By • Oct. 28, 2019