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Equity & Access
Tips and Tools for Equitable and Sustainable School Design
[…] important for us to adequately assess how we can operate as community hubs to address the most challenging issues our youth face which may lead to inequitable learning experiences. To address these factors, it is important to consider two things; advocacy and fundraising. Spot Inequities When building from the margins, it is common to […]
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Equity & Access
Literacy Concerns in the New Mutuality
[…] or deficiencies in our public education system, namely as it applies to the literacy gap. That is especially worrisome for systematically-marginalized families, or for students with specific learning disabilities that make the process of reading basic instructions a barrier to their education. If that solidarity, this new mutuality, can continue after we gain some […]
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Future of Learning
Leaders Are Not the Chief Decider, They Are Decision Architects
[…] know that I was mistaken both about my role and my decision. The lesson was clear: you either give the community what it wants or create a learning process that leads to a new decision. As a leader, you’re not the chief decider, you’re the decision architect. The last seven months have pressed education […]
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Future of Learning
Paid Internships Propel Albuquerque Youth
[…] as well as schools in Santa Fe and other cities. Most serve as a second chance for learners not successful in a traditional setting. They focus on learning by doing, community engagement, and student support. The 12-year-old nonprofit launched by Tony Monfiletto serves a two-sided market that provides real-life career experience for young people […]
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Equity & Access
4 Ways to Develop Anti-Racism
[…] be an impetus to coordinate the ways we are addressing the centuries of structural racism in our public policies, while also aiming for current equitable opportunities for learning, growth, and lifelong success. A variety of social systems and policies reify intergenerational, systemic racism in society. In particular, the coronavirus pandemic and current uprising around […]
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Future of Learning
The Key to Addressing Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Public Schools
[…] struggling the most. How Public Schools Can Make a Difference Schools can promote more equitable vaccination uptake in several ways. For starters, they already are places of learning, so students—and their families, for that matter—expect to expand their knowledge and comfort zones with interactions therein. Second, from a historical and cultural perspective, schools represent […]
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Getting Through
Why We Built a Hub for Vetted Vaccination Resources for Public Schools
[…] the School Vaccine Hub will reach thousands of schools through a distribution partnership with more than 80 educational organizations from the EALA, including the National Center for Learning Disabilities, the Center for Learner Equity, InnovateEDU, Digital Promise and ISTE. We look forward to seeing schools embrace the resource, and hope it will empower them […]
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Difference Making
The Journey Of One High School Counselor’s Efforts To Redefine College Advising For All
[…] we’re from or where others are going, then we might be missing out on our best opportunities,” said Kazan. Proper Advising Kazan said that accurate information and personalized college advising are more important than ever before. “You don’t know what you don’t know,” said Kazan. “Once I explain how this works, it makes sense. […]
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Equity & Access
Schools Can Give America a Shot At Vaccine Equity
[…] vaccinated. Some may argue that schools don’t have the time and resources to engage in the vaccine effort. Educators are overwhelmed trying to manage remote, in-person, and hybrid learning, while also supporting school communities that have endured unimaginable trauma and loss. This argument is valid, and schools do need extra support to take this on. But this is […]
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Leadership
The Wallet Test: How Honest Are You?
[…] either. Do talk about honesty. Tell stories that show you know how hard it can be to tell the truth. Show your kids that you, too, are learning how to do the right thing. With grit and gratitude, Angela For more, see: Making Kindness Common: How to Raise Kind Kids Step Outside: Have an […]
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