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Reflecting on Your Leadership Through a Year of Unexpected Firsts

Education Elements

2020 was, among many things, a year of firsts. The first time millions of people stopped their daily commute and set up a home office, classroom, or waited to resume their jobs and typical routines. While 2020 was a year of many firsts, there are a few things that we can count on to persist in 2021 and beyond.

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Communicating Through Change: How a CA District Is Supporting Families in the Year Ahead

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Source: Learning Heroes, Parents 2020: COVID-19 Closures - A Redefining Moment for Students, Parents and Schools “From their new front-row seat and despite significant challenges, parents are engaging deeply in their children's remote schooling and will show up differently next school year,” write the authors.

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Zoom Fatigue? Try Our Best Practices for Virtual Classroom Facilitation

Education Elements

In a single month in 2020, the unthinkable happened. Students in all 50 United States were impacted by school closures. Districts pivoted to short-term responses and initial guidelines for at-home learning.

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The First 20 Days of Personalized Learning: Laying the Foundation

Education Elements

While teachers are busy setting up, and students are anxiously awaiting the news of teacher assignments and class schedules and being welcomed into classrooms, Design Principals at Educations Elements are gearing up to support over 140 districts in the 2019-2020 school year with the rollout or continued implementation of Personalized Learning.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Hechinger Report : “How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education.” ” Also via The Hechinger Report : “The future of proficiency-based education.” ” Via Edsurge : “Education Technology Tools for Adult Learners Get Mixed Results From SRI Study.”