Dawn Bridges is the vice president of educational affairs for Right At School, which operates "locally inspired" before- and after-school enrichment programs and summer camps at school sites.
In the world of special education, each case is like a microcosm of how the problem is playing out across the country. Every party is unhappy and frustrated with the situation.
Think of out of school time as a design space or a learning lab where engagement, experiences and open access programs are tested and understood for import into the "standardized academic year."
"The churn that's happening in classrooms is now affecting everyone. It's affecting the ability of teachers to teach, teachers to set classroom norms, and kids to learn," Attendance Works Executive Director Hedy Chang says on this week's podcast.
In Bethel School District, like many others, the demand for after-school programs has surged. Here's how we scaled up while connecting to key goals and priorities.
Schools since the pandemic have invested money in teachers’ salaries, hiring more staff, adding math and reading specialists, updating HVAC systems and increasing mental health resources.
Despite recent positive signs of academic recovery, the plans that administrators have for spending the rest of their ESSER funds prove some students are still struggling.
Our "secret sauce" was connecting easy-to-access personalized information about our students to our district's overarching portrait of a graduate—our vision for success.
Karma is the sum of how today's actions rearrange the future. If you don't like the results of your beginning-of-the-year choices, then you can always choose again.
