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Actionable tools and resources to help district leaders invest ESSER funds with a "Do Now, Build Toward" approach for sustainable transformation.
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An illustration of what the teacher experience looks like now for many teachers, and what it could look like instead by making teaching a more dynamic, rewarding, collaborative, and...
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A Unique Approach to Continuous Improvement
At its core, TPS’ continuous improvement work builds off of other familiar approaches from the field of education: It engages a diverse...
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"Do Now, Build Toward" (DNBT) is a sustainable approach to transformation that builds on research, incorporates practical limitations, and uses a community-driven, iterative framework.
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If we’re going to give all students the experiences, support, and structures to ensure their success, we need to make sure that each individual student has what they need to...
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Has Teacher Turnover Spiked During COVID? It Depends Where You Look
The pandemic has had a profound and widely documented effect on students and educators, leading many...
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Learn how to become an “equity detective”: a leader who actively looks for and takes action to address structural and systemic inequities in schools and school systems.
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We’re halfway through ESSER’s funding timeline, but leaders still have time to create lasting change. This ESSER Halftime Review Guide will help help facilitate productive conversations,...
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The ESSER Guidance for School Staffing, Spending, and Scheduling guides provide a blueprint for organizing resources for a sustainable ESSER investment strategy—one that has an immediate...
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From equitably meeting students' increased needs, to planning new budgets, to creating safe and effective models for hybrid and fully-remote learning — the options facing districts and...
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We’ve created a set of COVID Comeback Models that include possible student groups, schedules, staff roles and more for district and school leaders planning for a safe shift to hybrid...
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As a new superintendent - whether it's your first time in that role or just new to a community- you'll face a tremendous number of challenges. The key is knowing where to begin.
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All school and district leaders want to grow their new teachers into effective educators who stay at their schools - yet most feel constrained by limited budgets. But it is possible to...
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Weighted Student Funding has become a popular initiative for district leaders who seek to allocate scarce resources to schools, especially in the face of stubborn achievement gaps,...
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SBB is a funding system whereby dollars follow students based on student need, and can help increase funding transparency, equity, and flexibility.
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We studied 4 school systems that redesigned their approach to PL and have seen inspiring student growth. Their models are highly "connected" to what teachers do every day.
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