Using Schoolwide Design Sprints to Seed Student-Centered Culture
With a solid process and supportive staff, students can develop the confidence needed to take these skills to be critical thinkers and help solve real-world problems. Read more about how Macon Early College began using the design process as a way to plant the seeds for a more student-centered culture.
Safeguarding Back to School: Preparation for a Healthy Return to School in Downtown Brooklyn
Eric shares Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School (LAB)'s Back to School Facility Tool Kit. The toolkit will provide ideas for addressing health, safety, and the requirement for social distancing.
Economic Mobility High: The New End Game for America’s High Schools
[…] and serves students equitably to achieve 15 transferable college credits and an industry-based certification for ALL students as a minimum bar. Additionally, higher education must share data back with high schools in real-time if high schools are to invest in alumni coordinators and support. Workforce Investment & New Models: Workforce must invest in providing […]
Preparing for a Healthy and Safe Return to School: Public School Facilities Planning in the Era of COVID-19
This new guide outlines how Brooklyn LAB safeguarded their school community’s health and shares best practices for other schools.
COVID Forced Schools to Innovate: Let’s Build on What They Learned
Let’s not aspire to return to “normal” and instead use what we have learned and expand promising innovations to better serve all students.
How New Tech Schools Jumpstarted El Paso’s Education Transformation
In the second blog for a short series on school district transformation, Tom outlines how the school network New Tech Network helped to transform El Paso Independent Schoool District (EPISD).
Equity and ESSER: How Schools Can Embrace a Participatory Approach to Amplify Family Voices in Budget Planning
Schools across the country have a welcome task this summer: deciding how to spend a windfall in federal stimulus funds. Brooklyn Lab is doing that by asking families for their insights.
#EngageEquitably Helps Education Leaders Communicate More Effectively with Families and Communities
[…] What, When, Where, and How of Learning this Fall The Front Porch: A New Approach to Support the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Our School Communities Safeguarding Back to School: Preparation for a Healthy Return to School in Downtown Brooklyn Liam Goldrick is a partner and associate with the Donovan Group, a national school communications firm. […]
Processes and Principles for Public Schools Navigating Uncertainty and Adapting to Change
Brooklyn LAB implemented a number of intentional and innovative learning practices as a response to the pandemic. In this post, they share their key findings.
Why We Built a Hub for Vetted Vaccination Resources for Public Schools
The new hub from Brooklyn LAB offers a centralized platform with credible vaccine information and accompanying curriculum and tools that schools can use to promote the uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations and address fears and concerns about vaccines in America’s diverse public-school communities.