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The 4 Biggest Questions You Need to Ask Before You Start District Strategic Planning

Education Elements

We labor over these plans—sometimes over the course of 12 to 24 months—dreaming up the path ahead and detailing the resources we’ll need.Unfortunately, once we’re set to go, we find the situation has changed before we’ve gotten started. Technology programs or platforms may have changed or been discontinued.

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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. Other Resources.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). ” Also via The Hechinger Report : “The future of proficiency-based education.”