Place Based Education
community
Getting Through
What’s Working During COVID
By: Norton Gusky. The pandemic forced educators to rethink how they design learning experiences, and continue to meet the needs of their learning communities. Here are some successful strategies and approaches.
Equity & Access
4 Ways to Develop Anti-Racism
By: Christine M. T. Pitts. Four resources are provided to mitigate racial disparities through large-scale policy reform, as well as grassroots community organizing.
Future of Learning
Turning Dead Malls into Community Assets
Repurposing dead malls may be the right invention opportunity to create human development centers while salvaging returns for property owners.
Equity & Access
Getting Clearer: Stakeholders At The Heart of Education
By J. Pile and L. Gilchrist. Julia and Laura talk about the importance of stakeholders in education and how the term must be humanized.
Uncategorized
Esports: Sports Continue to Play On
As social distancing guidelines remain in place, Montour School District's Esports team continues to practice safe social distancing through virtual Esports.
Getting Through
How to Reopen Schools: A 10-Point Plan Putting Equity at the Center
By: Eric Tucker & Tom Vander Ark. Eric and Tom lay out a 10-point plan on how to reopen schools post-pandemic with equity in mind and strengthening systems as the focus.
Difference Making
Making All Things New: The Work of Reconciliation
We enter this season of reconciliation with new humility, a sense of individual and communal fragility and turn to the wisdom that came before.
Equity & Access
Creating Culturally Linguistic and Responsive Classrooms: A Place Where All Kids Belong
Culturally linguistic and responsive teaching in the classroom can create meaningful learning experiences for students.
Leadership
Civics for 2020: This Is How to Engage Future Voters
By: Kristen Thorson and Erin Gohl. From preK-12, these age-appropriate ideas for a more engaging civics education can help ensure the health of our political institutions.
Difference Making
Why Your Community Needs an Environmental Sustainability Coordinator
This Seed To Table program offered in a southern California school demonstrates the potential of compelling community-connected learning.