Teaching and Learning: Page 10

Bringing STEM learning to underrepresented students

Urban districts take steps to make connections to career fields.

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Report: Tutoring significantly improves learning, but impacts lessen as programs scale up

New research from the Annenberg Institute finds tutoring is highly effective at accelerating learning for small groups of students, but cautions that large-scale implementations are often much less successful.

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How team-based teaching can support student learning and reduce teacher burnout

The leaders of 3 team-based teaching models talk about an alternative to the traditional one-classroom, one-teacher staffing plan.

Team Based Teaching

The district leader's not-to-do list for supporting teachers

Letting go of over-scheduling, rigid structures, and excessive evaluations can help create a district culture that values growth, creativity, and collaboration.

Leadership events aim to help K-12 leaders to prepare for tomorrow's education

Tech & Learning Regional Leadership Summits will bring together district administrators to explore new technologies and learn how they can prepare students for the future.

Strategic Planning

Chicago Board of Education adopts new 5-year plan prioritizing neighborhood public schools

The plan's priorities and goals include reducing chronic absenteeism, increasing reading and math scores and reducing teacher vacancies. It also seeks to increase support and funding for neighborhood schools, where enrollment has declined.

Interventionist Teresa Przybyslawski gives a student instruction at Chicago's Brunson Elementary School last year. The new strategic plan adopted by the Chicago Board of Education focuses on improving academic achievement for Black students and increasing the number of students who go to their neighborhood schools, among other priorities. (Christian K. Lee for Chalkbeat)

Report: Progress being made, but pandemic recovery still "slow and uneven" in K-12

The 2024 CRPE study focused on the ongoing impact of COVID-19 school closures on special student populations, and offers recommendations for district leaders and schools to close learning gaps.

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Policy and Legislation

Nebraska Education Department awarded $55 million federal grant to improve student literacy

Award recipients must use funds to support evidence-based practices, strategies and interventions to address reading gaps.

Brian Maher, Nebraska’s education commissioner, reads a book to a group of mostly 3-year-olds Monday as he and others launched a statewide project to boost reading skills of pre-kindergarteners. The kickoff was at an Educare of Omaha at Indian Hill, 3110 W St., on Oct. 30, 2023. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)

Building a collaborative STEM teaching community for your district

Peer-driven PD, mentorship, and collaborative lesson planning can enhance teaching and learning while better supporting educators.

Jason McKenna is V.P. of Global Educational Strategy for VEX Robotics and author of “What STEM Can Do for Your Classroom: Improving Student Problem Solving, Collaboration, and Engagement, Grade K-6.'

How my district is rethinking evaluations to help teachers grow and improve

Superintendent's view: By emphasizing teachers’ confidence in their abilities, we created an environment that fosters professional development.

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The Forum for Educational Leadership accepting applications from aspiring K-12 leaders

Since launching in 2022, the Forum has supported more than 330 education leaders from around the country through coaching, mentorship, and peer-to-peer relationship building.

The Forum for Educational Leadership employs a comprehensive development model to prepare cohorts of leaders for the academic, political, legal, and logistical rigors inherent to K-12 education.

Center on Reinventing Public Education awards $1 million grant to three innovative school districts

The CRPE, in partnership with the Walton Family Foundation, provides the funding to pilot and refine bold ideas for lasting systemic change in public schools.

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