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Strengthen Social Studies Instruction and Engage Students: Tips From District Leaders
How can school districts lay a solid foundation for social studies instruction while making sure students stay actively engaged? That’s the question district leaders from Florida and Illinois tackled during the edLeader Panel “Building Capacity in Social Studies Classrooms: Strategies for Strengthening Instruction, Collaboration, and Engagement.”
Strategic Steps for Districts to Drive Student Outcomes
School districts invest significant time and resources in developing strategic plans, but turning those high-level visions into meaningful, day-to-day actions is often challenging.
AI in Education: From Resistance to Transformation
Artificial intelligence, once the stuff of science fiction, has become a growing part of everyday life—so what does this mean for education?
Building a Strong MTSS Handbook to Support Successful Implementation
Moving to a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) requires deliberate implementation in order for it to work. After all, if the teachers in a school don’t monitor the same data or follow the same processes for intervention, then the inconsistency could sink the initiative.
Addressing the Secondary Literacy Crisis: Strategies from District Leaders
Many students struggle with reading in secondary education. By eighth grade, 70% of students are not proficient readers, so what can schools do about this?
Mitigating Attendance Challenges: Parents as Partners
Students are likely to underperform academically when chronically absent from school, which can exasperate teachers. They might wonder what parents are doing about the problem or if they even know what’s going on. They are inclined to call the parent immediately to focus on the attendance concern. However, that outreach can push the parent away.
10 Ways Schools Can Support Newcomer Students
America is a melting pot where people from all over the world come to seek a better life, which includes many students for whom English is a second language. How do schools support so many newcomer students?
Pairing Innovation with Accountability: Strategies for School Leaders
Innovation and accountability–those words don’t seem like they belong together. But in schools, where resources are often limited and outcomes are scrutinized, accountability is essential. During the edLeader Panel “Leveraging Innovation While Staying Accountable: Real Examples of Meeting the Challenge,” John Osborn, Principal of Jacksonville Charter Lighthouse Elementary School (AR), offered his strategies for making sure that innovation leads to measurable success.
Addressing the Digital Divide: 5 Goals Every District Must Reach
“Ninety percent of jobs require digital skills,” said Ji Soo Song, Director of Projects and Initiatives at SETDA. Having access to technology critically affects student academic achievement, career advancement, and pay equity.