Resource Format: Web-based Content
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Learner Variability Project in the Field: A Guide for Culturally Responsive Practice
The purpose of this Guide for Culturally Responsive Practice is to provide educators and educator teams with questions and protocols to guide and/or reflect on how to apply culturally responsive instruction practices as they address learner variability. Learner variability is a recognition that all students differ, and that learning sciences research guides us in understanding…
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Rethinking High School: That’s a School Board Thing
“That’s a School Board Thing” demystifies the work of local school boards so you can get involved, run to serve, and serve for change.
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Social-Emotional Learning and Whole Child Education: Approaches for Supporting Students’ Learning and Development
Education leaders know that students thrive when schools, families, and communities work together to fully support all aspects of learning and development. To meet this priority, educators have looked to several approaches for cultivating school systems that focus holistically on students’ skills development, relationships, environments, and overall well-being. Two of the most common approaches —…
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Report – Sharing Student Data Across Public Sectors: Importance of Community Engagement to Support Responsible and Equitable Use
This paper presents guidance on how practitioners can conduct effective community engagement around the sharing of student data between K-12 education agencies and adjacent public sectors. We explore the importance of community engagement around data sharing initiatives, and highlight four dimensions of effective community engagement: Plan: Establish Goals, Processes, and Roles Enable: Build Collective Capacity Resource: Dedicate Appropriate…
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A Framework for Change: Investing ESSER Funds to Prepare and Support Teachers of Students With Disabilities
This resource was developed by EALA partners to give an overview of strategies for preparing and developing highly qualified general and special education teachers. It will show how states and districts can invest Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds to address the current and growing need for educators to support students with disabilities…
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Why You Should Prioritize Supporting Students With Disabilities With Your Federal COVID Relief Dollars
As school leaders welcomed students back to the classroom for the 2021-22 school year, they began to determine how to spend the more than $190 billion in federal COVID relief dollars for K-12 including the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) fund. (Find out how much your state is getting here.) Today, school leaders…