Future of Learning
Learning Coach Academy: Supporting the Role of Parents or Guardians in Remote Learning
By: Heather Hiebsch and Cheryl Fenlason. Heather and Cheryl share hybrid, personalized, and blended learning tips to develop and support Learning Coaches to help students adapt - and even thrive - in this uncertain educational landscape.
Personalized Learning
Engaging Families During Distance Learning
By: Erin Gohl and Kristen Thorson. The pandemic has disrupted many of the traditional opportunities to connect and engage with families. Erin and Kristen provide ways educators can connect through distance learning.
Future of Learning
How Schools Can Help Cultivate Learner Identity and Agency
The Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools team shares how educators can cultivate opportunities to develop a strong sense of identity and agency.
Future of Learning
Reimagining Learning for Students with Disabilities: A COVID Crisis Silver Lining
By: Karla Phillips-Krivickas. As schools are reopening their classroom doors, they should also open the door to reimagining education for students with disabilities.
Getting Through
5 Research-Based Recommendations for Remote Learning: Lessons from LUSD
Consider what remote instruction might look like in a rural, high-poverty district that set personalized expectations for each student, monitored their growth and engagement, and not only encouraged ongoing feedback but also stressed the need for educators to maintain a safe and supportive learning community.
Future of Learning
Welcome To Human-Computer Co-Creation: What GPT-3 Means For Education
By: Tom Vander Ark and Rachelle Dene Poth. Tom and Rachelle discuss Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3), a new deep learning language model that produces human-like text and it's implications on education.
Leadership
4 Ways Leaders Can Support Teachers In Challenging Times
Michael Niehoff shares ways leaders can support our teachers while preparing for the upcoming school year.
Getting Through
It’s Time to Prepare for COVID-19 Resurgence: Six Steps Your School Can Take
Before the Fall arrives, Eric Tucker shares advice on how leaders can prepare for the COVID-19 resurgence.
Equity & Access
Economic Mobility High: The New End Game for America’s High Schools
Tom and Eric share why high schools can and should be economic development engines of our communities.
Competency-Based Education
Our Schools Must Adjust to a COVID-19 World
By: Ulrich Boser. Ulrich shares how educators should focus on community and project-based learning projects during remote learning to create an education system that works for all students.