The Power and Possibility of Community Learning Hubs
[…] by EdWeek, 36% said they heard about learning pods for the first time through the study itself. However, a national survey of Black parents by the National Coalition for Public School Options showed that even though they generally knew little about Community Learning Hubs before taking the survey, Black parents reacted favorably to learning hubs. Community Learning […]
Closing the Opportunity Gap with Access to College-Level Courses for Every High School Learner
[…] students from families who may have never gone to college form their own identity as future college students. Read on to learn in more depth how Friendship Public Charter School in Washington D.C. has utilized ASU’s ULCs in a systematic way to promote early college exposure in high school for 100% of their students. More […]
Eight Ways New Schools Innovate
With the rapid global shift to hybrid and remote learning, there is a renewed interest in new school models. Highlighted are eight ways schools are innovating.
Academic Magnet High School is on a Mission of Excellence through Creating Opportunity for All
[…] enrollment and 2 percent poor. The graduation rate is 100 percent with 100 percent of the graduating seniors considered college-ready. Academic Magnet is one of 15 high schools in the Charleston County School District (CCSD). CCSD is the second-largest school system in South Carolina representing a unique blend of urban, suburban, and rural schools […]
How Can Schools Grow from Coronavirus?
By: Ross Wehner and Dr. Kirk Wheeler. There are many silver linings to this unplanned shift to remote teaching and learning. Schools and teachers are seizing the opportunity to adopt new and improved practices around preparation, communication, engagement and personalization.
Five Tips to Creating Equitable Learning Ecosystems
By: Amy Anderson Chiara is a high school student in Denver, but when we first met her she was in 5th grade and contemplating where she wanted to go to middle school. Chiara’s dad works for a hospital that partners with our nonprofit organization, RESCHOOL, to offer its employees the benefit of advocates who […]
Five Principles to Help Provide Our School Communities With the Communications They Deserve
[…] Leaders Communicate More Effectively with Families and Communities Podcast: Eric Tucker on Reopening Schools with Equity in Mind Preparing for a Healthy and Safe Return to School: Public School Facilities Planning in the Era of COVID-19 Educating All Learners Alliance Launches Flagship Site, Shares Personas Educators Can Use to Understand Students’ Lived Experience During […]
The Great Education Unbundling and How Learning Will be Rebundled
[…] groundwork for unbundling– school choice, alternative higher education, and the emergence of big tech. School Choice Breaks Boundaries. Over the last 30 years, private schools, homeschooling, and public charter schools have all expanded full-time K-12 learning options. Families of about one in five learners have chosen not to attend a boundary area public school […]
Schools Can Give America a Shot At Vaccine Equity
Today, up to 1 in 4 Americans say they won't get vaccinated. Public institutions can help curb worries about safety and side effects to promote equitable access to COVID 19 vaccinations.
The Future of High School
Across the nation, schools, districts and states are rethinking program and learning experiences based on the challenging impact of a global pandemic, a persistent equity gap in performance of students of color and lower socio-economic status and an increasingly complex, unpredictable and mutualistic though divided world. As innovative high schools have emerged over the […]