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Planning for Shifts: 3 Approaches as ESSER Ends

Mira Education

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund , commonly referred to as ESSER, is a federal program that gave districts nearly $190 billion in response to the pandemic. Districts have until the end of September to commit their share of ESSER funds and will have until January 2025 to spend them. What is ESSER funding?

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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

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District leaders will need to have and communicate a clear, powerful vision about where the school system is headed in order to guide the way forward. As the disruptions and changes continue to unfold during 2021, he recommends using an adaptive system design to change the structures and collective mindsets within school districts.

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

His school and his state are trailblazers in personalized learning, a method that tailors instruction to students’ individual interests and learning speeds. Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015. About 20 other states sprinkled elements of personalized learning into their plans.

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The American Rescue Plan: Encouraging Transformation, Impact, and Longevity

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Schools and districts can continue to benefit from the federal government’s stimulus dollars through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) of 2021, the third iteration of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). A plan must be in place by then, with funds to be liquidated by January 2025. What the Dollars Support.

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A year in the life of a small-town superintendent shows the federal bailout won’t be enough

The Hechinger Report

The school district welcomed all elementary students back for in-person learning in early December. And 13 months into a global pandemic, the prospect of once again banking the financial future of the town’s public school system on the will of its voters struck Grant as especially risky. Folks already feel taxed enough.”.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. billion by 2025. And everyone clicks and rages and snipes all over again. Interactive Whiteboards. They’ll sell you the report for $6000 , and you can read all the details.

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