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Avoid the 49 Degree Rule: 4 Ways to Put People Before Policies

Education Elements

Apparently, the airline she’d originally worked for had been very focused on the notion of employee autonomy and empowerment, but the acquisition came with a host of new rules and policies, including one that said employees were only permitted to wear their jackets at work when the ambient temperature was at or below 49° Fahrenheit.

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Redesigning for an Anti-Racist Classroom Series: #2 Discipline Policy

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The systems that teachers and leaders design and implement in schools are all impacted by the biases of their designers. We have to design explicitly for our marginalized students and to do this, we need to first understand the way our own power and privilege impact what we believe is best for kids.

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What are teachers telling us? Are we listening?

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“The last two years have been fraught for teachers as their profession has consistently attracted public attention—much of it hostile—due to political and cultural battles over pandemic-related policies on masking and vaccines and new laws curtailing instruction related to race, racism, and gender,” the report says.

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A Simple Guide to Adopting a New Curriculum

Education Elements

While some district-level decisions are guided by state policy and timelines, there are five components that we have found that will help to shape any district’s academic strategy, regardless of where it is during an adoption window. These components include:

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My New Journey With a Mission-Driven Organization

Education Elements

I’ve been a teacher, a policy researcher, and an EdTech leader, and my purpose guiding me through each of those roles was to create equitable experiences and opportunities for all learners.

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A Four Step Process for Developing Data Culture in School Districts

Education Elements

These data have driven significant education policy and funding models at the national and state levels, and school districts devote up to 15 percent of their instructional days each school year to student assessments alone, costing an estimated $1.7 billion each year.

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An Open Letter to Appointed Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos

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My work has exposed me to philanthropy, non-profit policy organizations, public schools, charter networks, and state departments of education where I have seen both success and failure when change was not implemented correctly. Helping districts increase innovation by loosening perceived policy constraints.