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Curriculum & Instruction

8 questions to ask before using federal funds to purchase food

Buying meals, beverages or snacks for an event such as a professional development session is only allowable when it’s reasonable and necessary. The restrictions are keeping many school districts from purchasing food with federal funds.

4 best practices for more equitable internet access

Learn what school district leaders can do to find out which families and educators still need reliable internet access and then help those households to connect in the new school year.

Beyond the Game: The benefits of NASEF, scholastic esports

From DA’s Academic Esports Guide: NASEF provides more just a space to play; it offers a path for students to get an education in areas within and around the games

6 reasons you should measure ‘skip-year’ growth in 2021

Despite COVID disruptions, schools should track ‘skip-year’ academic growth in 2021 as it blends equity and accuracy in the process of measuring school quality, a new report says.

How a superintendent builds a ‘high level of student voice’

Student voice has had a significant impact on diversifying the curriculum and altering the dress code in Maryland’s Howard County Public School System.

Student voice creates a greater sense of belonging and diversity

Asking students for feedback but not taking any action is worse than not asking them at all, says Principal Arria Coburn of the Springfield Renaissance School principal.
Fri Jul 31st, 2020

How Chicago’s 200 student voice committees solve problems

In Chicago, students as young as elementary age learn to organize and build civic leadership skills within the district's 200 student voice committees.
Fri Jul 31st, 2020

5 reasons why SEL is essential in the COVID era

Why teachers restarting learning post-COVID should focus on student social-emotional learning, or SEL, before trying to make up for learning loss.
Fri Jul 31st, 2020

10 ways Austin ISD reinforces SEL during COVID

Social-emotional learning has taken on heightened importance as educators prepare to support students coping with a COVID-era blend in-person and online learning.
Fri Jul 31st, 2020

SEL priority: Students must feel safe before they can learn

Administrators in Naperville School District 203, where SEL has been entrenched in the curriculum for years, have focused first on professional development for teachers in the post-COVID world.
Fri Jul 31st, 2020

COVID-era SEL means preparing students for the unknown

Clayton County Public Schools near Atlanta has created school-level teams to serve as SEL coaches for teachers as classes resume.
Fri Jul 31st, 2020