To take some pressure off teachers, a virtual learning team will create all of the online lessons for the Mountain View Whisman School District in Silicon Valley this coming year.
Among growing concerns about the "Covid-19" slide, a new study has found that more than half of students experienced learning loss every summer between grades 1 and 6.
The members of the Superintendent's 8th Grade Council in Arizona's Pendergast Elementary School District develop their voice while helping plan budgets, sharing students' concerns and performing community service.
Indianapolis Public Schools recently approved a systemwide racial school policy as part of an ongoing effort to curtail racism and biases in the Indiana district.
Social-emotional learning will guide students and their teachers in having potentially controversial discussions about their experiences of COVID, the killing of George Floyd and other pressing issues.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools lets parents pick whether students return to a hybrid of in-person and online learning, or remain completely remote when schools reopen later this summer.
Social-emotional learning for the coming school year actually began in July with professional development in Naperville School District 203 in the Chicago suburbs.
These Districts of Distinction runners-up are paying for AP tests and dual-credit classes, expanding summer programs for all students and providing more opportunities for students through construction projects.
