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EdTech

A Blueprint For Change Amidst Pandemic

By: Karine Veldhoen This school year, we lived through the most massive deconstruction of education in history. UNESCO estimates that 1.2 billion students were out of school. The immediate overhaul required of our delivery systems was radical. The stress on teachers and educational leadership was unrelenting. Again, amidst this journey, we were grieved by […]

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EdTech

EdTech Report: Key Findings in Response to Remote Learning

[…] tools and methods we choose. For students, although it was a challenging shift to online learning, hopefully it also provided the chance to prepare them for the future by building digital skills as well as time-management and communication skills which are essential. Key Findings The findings in this special edition were based on 1.7 […]

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Leadership

Scaling Active Learning: Professional Development Was Key to the El Paso Transformation

[…] Cabrera was appointed to the role of superintendent in 2013, he arrived at a district in crisis. He immediately focused on laying the foundation for a different future. As part of the EPISD 2020 Strategic Plan, which initiated the shift to active learning, his team held town hall meetings to uncover a ‘graduate profile’—precisely what […]

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Personalized Learning

Supporting Statewide Change Through New Models For Remote Education

By: Tom Vander Ark & Devin Vodicka. During this pandemic, learning is taking new forms and it's important to seize the moment to introduce entirely new models for learning that are capable of achieving equitable outcomes.

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Getting Through

The Front Porch: A New Approach to Support the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Our School Communities

[…] of promoting health and safety—it’s an invitation to gather and connect as a school community and to promote wellness during the pandemic and for years into the future. For more, see: Front Porch EquitybyDesign Front Porch brochure Safeguarding Back to School: Preparation for a Healthy Return to School in Downtown Brooklyn Preparing to Reopen: […]

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Safety of School
Getting Through

An Opportunity to Disrupt Education for the Better: Lessons From Starting a School in a Pandemic

[…] staff, and administrators—solve problems. HCD begins with the user’s needs and takes an empathetic approach to problem-solving and design work. We believe that thoughtful design is making future leaders and, by extension, a better world. It’s become clear to many people—parents, educators, business leaders—that we are launching students into a rapidly changing world. The […]

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Equity & Access

Educating All Learners Alliance Launches Flagship Site, Shares Personas Educators Can Use to Understand Students’ Lived Experience During COVID-19

[…] during video sessions this spring, many schools with little or no synchronous learning didn’t have a way to check in with students in real-time. As a result of school closures, teachers may not know how their students fared during the pandemic: whether they had a chance to keep up with their studies, or whether […]

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Educating All Learners
Getting Through

The Story Behind The Laboratory School Open Iconography Library

As we strive to meet the challenges of education amid a global pandemic, sometimes it’s easier to show people how to adapt than to tell them. That was precisely the thinking behind one of the latest COVID-19 response efforts at Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools (LAB), which opened its doors to scholars, faculty, and staff […]

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