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Equity & Access
How Schools Can Promote Vaccination and Address Hesitancy: A 10-Point Plan that Puts Equity First
Public schools can play a critical role in helping the United States achieve herd immunity against COVID-19. Find out more in this comprehensive 10 point plan.
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Leadership
From Last Chance to First Choice: Alternative Schools That Show the Way Forward
[…] this problem in an articulate op-ed in the local newspaper. Walter was able to land a paid internship at The Minneapolis Foundation where he created Bridgemakers, a mentorship-based leadership program for Twin Cities youth seeking to break cycles of poverty, violence and poor education. Policy advocacy efforts by Walter and fellow Bridgemaker Cole Stevens (featured […]
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Difference Making
Learner-Centered and Project-Based Middle Schools
[…] develop problem-solving skills. Projects focus on Global Goals. The K-9 school has 950 students and is adding a grade a year to become K-12 Students at Science Leadership Academy Middle School in Philadelphia learn in a project-based environment where the core values of inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation, and reflection are emphasized in all classes. Like the […]
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Equity & Access
Reimagining Charter School Authorizing to Focus on Student Learning and Development
We have been reflecting on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across school communities and have noticed two things about our public education system: It’s full of caring, empathetic professionals willing to put in Herculean efforts to meet the needs of students and families. At the same time, bureaucracy often stands in the way […]
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Future of Learning
To Reopen, America Needs Laboratory Schools
As COVID-19 ravages vulnerable communities and threatens a resurgence later this year, educators are finding meaning in the ingenuity and servant leadership of our peers. Since schools have closed, communities around the country have developed creative solutions for remote learning, engagement, and support. As the summer nears and we start to think about the […]
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Future of Learning
Designing Schools for Shared Use: A Pandemic Silver Lining
[…] now in its third edition. Follow Randy on Twitter at @randyfielding. Senior Designer at Fielding International, Cierra Mantz is a registered architect with a Masters in Educational Leadership and Societal Change. Through her work, she seeks to champion change within education through innovative design, research, and grassroots community engagement. Senior Learning Designer at Fielding […]
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Future of Learning
What’s the Right High School Size and Structure?
[…] tracked with affluent white students in a college-bound course sequence and underserved students of color in career courses. 2. Big schools have a student-set culture. Without heroic leadership, big school cultures are a mixture of cliques that exclude many and don’t develop positive dispositions. 3. Big schools with a catalog of choices reduce the […]
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Future of Learning
School Sustainability Is About More Than Just Keeping the Doors Open
[…] XQ schools we have distinguished five components of sustainability that we view as crucial for sustaining the journey of an innovative school towards its vision: fiscal, operational, academic, leadership, and extended impact. Fiscal. This is what most people think of when they think of “sustainability.” And indeed, multi-year budget planning, transparency, and accounting are all of […]
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Getting Through
How to Reopen Schools: A 10-Point Plan Putting Equity at the Center
[…] feedback from students, families, teachers, staff, and other stakeholders through a variety of channels, including virtual town halls, social media, and family surveys. This team also holds public accountability and communications responsibility and should coordinate plans with guidance from regional and state agencies. 2. Develop reopening scenarios. Most schools will be told when to […]
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Getting Through
Meeting the Challenge of Reopening: How Laboratory School Communities Can Power Human-Centered Design and Inclusive Innovation
[…] and then reimagining how schools can meet the challenges of this moment represents the most significant opportunity in our generation to advance equity and excellence. Where will leadership to do this come from? One answer is from laboratory schools. These schools—and other schools that employ laboratory school practices—are skilled at developing, modifying, iterating upon, […]
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