5 Recommendations to Improve Remote Learning for Families
By: The LEANLAB Editorial Team. After surveying more than 500 parents and caregivers, the LEANLAB team identified a few recommendations to improve remote learning for schools, teachers, and parents.
Closing the Digital Divide for Parents: A COVID-19 Story
By: Antonio B. Boyd. The Resilient Schools Project, a Future of School initiative, partners with districts, like South Carolina's Dorchester School District Two, to develop ongoing responses to instruction disruptions during the 2020-21 school year, including support for parents.
Equity and ESSER: How Schools Can Embrace a Participatory Approach to Amplify Family Voices in Budget Planning
[…] LAB, and has served in operational and family engagement roles at Brooklyn LAB since 2017. Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning by signing up for the weekly Smart Update. This post includes mentions of a Getting Smart partner. For a full list of partners, affiliate organizations and all other disclosures, please see our Partner […]
Parents as Essential Partners in Pivoting their Child’s Education & Fostering Remote Learning
[…] and CEO of Colorado Education Initiative (CEI). She was previously Associate Commissioner at the Colorado Department of Education. She began her career as a middle school teacher and spent many years leading a system of schools serving over 90% low-income students. Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning by signing up for the weekly Smart Update.
Invention Opportunity In Early Learning And Development
[…] Capture and Communicate Learning Eight Ways New Schools Innovate Turning Dead Malls into Community Assets Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning by signing up for the weekly Smart Update. To help inform and deliver new agreements, new practices, and new tools Getting Smart and eduInnovation are exploring the Invention Opportunity thanks to support from the Walton […]
Reimagining Family Engagement in the Time of Covid
[…] of communication, build relationships within school communities, and, ultimately, build a stronger foundation for student learning for years to come. For more, see: Engaging Families During Distance Learning 5 Recommendations to Improve Remote Learning for Families The Power of Engaging Families Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning by signing up for the weekly Smart Update.
Engaging Families During Distance Learning
[…] and schools described in decades of research. For more, see: 5 Research-Based Recommendations for Remote Learning: Lessons from LUSD It’s Time to Prepare for COVID-19 Resurgence:Six Steps Your School Can Take Times 4 Ways Leaders Can Support Teachers in Challenging Times Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning by signing up for the weekly Smart Update.
A Resource for COVID-Weary Parents: New eBook on Doing PBL at Home
[…] that can be done at home. The projects build important knowledge and skills and meet the six criteria for High Quality PBL (which, by the way, Getting Smart played a key part in developing). Importantly, young people will find them interesting, even fun. They can be done with technology or without it, which will […]
Supporting Statewide Change Through Microgrants to Families
[…] families through Altitude Learning @Home. Leaders in learner-centered technology and practice, Altitude Learning’s staff literally wrote the books on Learner Centered Leadership and Learner Centered Innovation. Getting Smart, a prolific thought leadership in learning innovation firm, is uniquely situated to help LEAs establish your approach to microgrants, target local communities, and lead this dramatic […]
100 Podcasts Educators and Education Leaders Should Check Out
[…] TSA pre-check lines (which are now longer than general boarding), and while cooking dinner. Here’s an updated list of our favorites. Podcasts On Teaching and Learning Getting Smart Podcast: Check out more than 500 great conversations with innovative educators. Cult of Pedagogy Podcast: One of the top education podcasts for years has been the […]
