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Episode 3: How Cudahy Prioritized Communication, Feedback, and Trust-Building to Support In-Person Learning

In this episode of What Will We Take With Us?, a series featuring our conversations with education leaders across the United States on how they grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic in K-12 education, Dr. Tina Owen-Moore of the School District of Cudahy highlights how the district focused on proactive and open communication, feedback, and trust-building with teachers, students, and the community to accomplish what at times felt impossible – all of which allowed for continued in-person teaching and learning throughout the school year.

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September 22, 2021

Episode 2: How Hopkins Public Schools Maximized Inquiry Learning, Outdoor Spaces, Community Partnerships, and Feedback

On this episode of What Will We Take With Us?, a series featuring our conversations with education leaders across the United States on how they grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic in K-12 education, Ann Ertl of Hopkins Public Schools details the innovations made by this Minnesota school district, including the use of outdoor learning spaces, inquiry-based learning models, partnerships with community organizations, and an ongoing feedback model that allowed the school to adjust new practices.

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September 22, 2021

Episode 1: Dallas ISD’s Take on Project-Based Learning, Community Connections, and Teacher PD

On this episode of What Will We Take With Us?, a series featuring our conversations with education leaders across the United States on how they grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic in K-12 education, Kristen Watkins of Dallas Independent School District shares with us the creative ways they developed to engage students through project-based learning, community partnerships, and family connections, as well as how they refined their personalized approach to professional development.

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September 22, 2021

Episode 0: Welcome to TLA Stories of Learning

In this introductory episode, find out what you can expect from TLA Stories of Learning, and discover what’s in store as we release our first series, “What Will We Take With Us?” featuring education leaders who rose to the challenge of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. In our first batch of episodes, you’ll hear from education leaders across the country about what they tried in 2020-2021, what they learned, and what they’re taking with them into the school year ahead.

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September 22, 2021

Student Return to School Survey

The goal of this survey, produced by ASU Prep Digital, is to help “recalibrate” teachers and students to help support students’ learning and lower levels of frustration across the board. Returning to school successfully involves more than just making sure educators have all the right supplies and safety procedures in place. Understanding what elements of remote learning really worked for their students (e.g., flexibility, choice, time) will help teachers forge a stronger relationships with students and support their social-emotional needs.

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July 30, 2021

Parent or Caregiver Return to School Survey

The goal of this survey, produced by ASU Prep Digital, is to help “recalibrate” teachers and students to help support students’ learning and lower levels of frustration across the board. Returning to school successfully involves more than just making sure educators have all the right supplies and safety procedures in place. Understanding what elements of remote learning really worked for their students (e.g., flexibility, choice, time) will help teachers forge a stronger relationships with students and support their social-emotional needs.

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July 30, 2021

Innovation Zones: Policy Flexibility to Reimagine and Modernize K-12 Education Post-COVID-19

Innovation zones represent an important policy lever states can use as K-12 reimagines its future post-COVID. Innovation zones are created through state legislation to give schools and districts freedom from burdensome administrative regulations. This flexibility gives schools and districts a chance to modernize teaching and learning.

This updated policy brief examining policy language from 10 states that have innovation zones. The brief is authored by Fred Jones, director, and Alexis Chambers, policy associate, at the Aurora Institute Center for Policy. An accompanying webpage contains a map detailing the current landscape of innovation zones, and a set of frequently asked questions.

Innovation zones have long been part of the policy priorities Aurora Institute advocates at the state level. As schools reopen, with leaders now mindful of how much more is possible with K-12 education, it’s helpful to remind, or make them aware of, an important option that many have had all along. More than 25 states with existing innovation zones are using them to better meet the unique needs of their learners through new instructional models, professional development practices, mastery-based learning, providing flexibility in the use of time and talent, and other strategies.

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June 2, 2021
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