Rand’s second edition Getting to Work on Summer Learning provides recommendations for district leaders and their partners who are interested in launching or improving summer learning programs Key suggestion: Commit in the fall to a summer program and begin planning and recruiting instructors by January.
Portland State University: Culturally Responsive & Inclusive Curriculum Resources
Portland State University has curated a resource page dedicated to creating culturally responsive curriculum.
Black Lives Matter At School: Week of Action
Join Black Lives Matter at School’s annual week of action during the first week of February each year.
Let’s Talk: Facilitating Critical Conversations With Students
This Let’s Talk guide offers classroom-ready strategies you can use to plan discussions and to facilitate conversations about topics such as white privilege, police violence, economic inequality with your students
Let’s Talk! Discussing Race, Racism and Other Difficult Topics With Students Webinar
This NEA and Learning for Justice webinar provides guidance on how to have meaningful conversations with students about race, racism and other important topics.
Yale’s Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning: Student Construction of Knowledge
Yale’s Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning provides actionable ideas for helping students to learn by connecting new knowledge with prior knowledge and concepts in order to construct new meanings.
Video: Building a Belonging Classroom
An Edutopia video on Building a Belonging Classroom. “In order to learn, students need to feel safe, cared for, and emotionally connected to their teachers and each other. #HowLearningHappens”
ED School Climate Surveys
Leaders’ support of student-centered learning experiences that foster belonging and ignite student agency, identity and voice will build towards inclusive and affirming environments. Districts can utilize the School Climate Survey to collect and act on reliable, nationally-validated school climate data in real-time.
Citizen School: Expanded Learning Time (ELT) Program Model
Partnering with external or replicating high-quality afterschool programs provides students with opportunities for academic supports and enrichment that lead to positive outcomes. The Citizen Schools ELT programming model engages students in apprenticeships (that consist of hands-on learning projects) and activities to help students develop their organizational and study skills.
It’s About Time: Lessons from Expanded Learning Time
Partnering with external or replicating high-quality afterschool programs provides students with opportunities for academic supports and enrichment that lead to positive outcomes. Learn from It’s About Time, a report capturing the extended school day experiences of Meriden, CT and their positive outcomes.