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Curriculum & Instruction

How Chicago’s 200 student voice committees solve problems

Matt Zalaznick -
In Chicago, students as young as elementary age learn to organize and build civic leadership skills within the district's 200 student voice committees.

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

Matt Zalaznick -
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

Matt Zalaznick -
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.

How risky are school activities? This chart has answers.

Matt Zalaznick -
Walking to school, prepackaged meals and non-contact sports outdoors run a lower risk of transmitting coronavirus in schools. Contact sports, choirs and bands, and buses pose the highest risk.

Paraprofessionals’ part in school reopening plans

Florence Simmons -
Here are 4 actions to take in including paraprofessional staff in new school year scenarios, with at least part-time remote instruction in mind.

Report: Two-thirds of teens concerned about return to school

Chris Burt -
A recent Junior Achievement poll shows that students are worried about safety of in-class instruction but also feeling uneasy about the prospect of remote learning.

Tackling trauma: 6 steps for enhancing student mental health care

Matt Zalaznick -
District leaders can fortify school mental health services by training teachers to spot trauma, focusing on COVID's inequitable impacts, enlisting parents and building community partnerships.

7 strategies for sharing critical student data with parents

Matt Zalaznick -
Families can better help their children succeed in online learning if schools provide timely and easy to understand data, along with resources to improve student performance.

3 ways to support students with emotional and behavioral disorders now

Cara Nissman -
How to work with students in person and online when the spring and summer months have resulted in regression of self-regulation abilities and inappropriate behaviors

CDC prioritizes in-person learning in guidance for reopening schools

Matt Zalaznick -
Bringing students and teachers back to classrooms for in-person instruction is the guiding principle in the CDC's revised guidelines for reopening schools during a continued surge in COVID infections.

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