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Designing for Equity

Empowering Emergent Bilinguals: 3 Strategies for Academic Achievement

These three strategies used at International High School at Langley Park (IHSLP) can help emergent bilingual students excel in the U.S. education system.
Enabling Change

Ed Leaders: Your Path Out of COVID to a Radically Better Future Is Hiding in Plain Sight

New research from 70 schools and districts suggests a path forward: tuning our learning models and operating norms to the competencies we most want for our students.
Building Community

Education Is Not a Media Soundbite: It’s Time to Do Something Different

Teachers who are directly working through the struggles in K-12 education today have a perspective that is too often overlooked in the media, and the effects are damaging.
Building Community

A Learning Journey: Student-Led Experiences Bringing Community and School Together

Abbotsford School District is on a journey of system change with youth actively contributing to decisions traditionally made without meaningful input from students.
Why Schools Need to Change

7 Brave Choices toward a Bright Future for Your School, District, and Community

K-12 education in the U.S. is at a crucial crossroad. Here's what it looks like for school districts to choose Bravely.
Building Community

WISDOM ROAD: Join Me on an Audacious Journey

Grant Lichtman is starting a listening journey through the US and Canada to unearth deep cultural wisdom in “overlooked” communities. Here's how to join in the learning and guide the path he will take.
Why Schools Need to Change

Six Skills that Prepare Students for Work and Life in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The way to set young people up for success is to teach them durable, future-ready skills. These 6 skills will help students thrive in our fast-changing future.
Why Schools Need to Change

A Teacher's Reflection: Imminent Death for a Generation

A teacher asks, what are we doing to generations of children who've suffered the trauma of gun violence in their schools?
Building Community

The Pedagogy of Pizza Parties

A more expansive pedagogy embodies the best of teaching content while also attending to the culture that supports caring, respectful relationships.
New Designs for School

Supporting Students to Drive Their Learning in ELA

English department chair Michelle Daum explains her approach to personalized learning: moving students toward independence and ownership of their learning, so they are prepared for their futures.