A previous Districts of Distinction honoree obtains contact information remotely from an in-house data warehouse to help students during the coronavirus pandemic.
With students returning to school after long closures, trauma-informed approaches in teaching may be more valuable than ever. Yet 7 in 10 educators don't feel prepared to implement such practices.
City buses have been turned into free WiFi "super hotspots" to bring broadband internet, online learning and telehealth to unconnected students in the Sacramento area.
DA guest columnist, FETC featured speaker and ed-tech specialist Suzy Lolley shares this advice to help K-12 administrators improve their leadership—and student learning—now and when they welcome everyone back on campus.
With the "COVID-19 slide" likely to impact some students severely, administrators will have to assess learning loss and use the data to develop interventions.
The sheer number of schools that switched to online learning due to the coronavirus has proved the importance of 1-to-1 learning, and with scientists predicting another wave of COVID-19 in the fall, many school leaders whose districts do not yet have a 1-to-1 program want to start deploying devices as soon as possible.
This week, 25 education leaders part of a newly formed COVID-19 task force came to the conclusion that schools should not reopen until the summer or fall and that the necessary school policies that superintendents would need to implement to keep students safe would cost more than what districts can currently afford.
Starting the 2020-21 school year early and lengthening the calendar into next summer may be the best way to provide equity for students and narrow achievement gaps that have widened during coronavirus closures.
Paladina Health Chief People Officer and DA guest columnist Allison Velez shares seven tips to help K-12 districts prepare—and encourage educator input.
