Pandemic Preparedness Resources for Libraries
This list brings together many different types of resources of interest to school librarians during school closure due to COVID-19. The list is divided by category. Topics include news articles from the American Library Association, resources from the federal and state governments, articles related to sanitizing collections, and resources for children. Librarians may be particularly… Read More ›
New Strategies in Special Education as Kids Learn From Home
This article offers advice for teachers and schools providing special education services remotely. The author provides specific ideas for helping families recreate some of the supports children receive at school, such as a sense of structure or ways to participate in sensory and gross motor activities. In general, the article discusses a shift in the… Read More ›
Lesson Study Blog Series from the High Tech High Graduate School of Education
This blog series documents how High Tech High Graduate School of Education’s network of schools became interested in lesson study. They have shared how their lesson study teams got started – by creating a shared vision of their hopes and dreams for students, determining a research question and theory of action, narrowing in on a… Read More ›
The 3 Biggest Remote Teaching Concerns We Need to Solve Now
This article looks at three issues that have grown from the shift to remote learning in response to school closures due to COVID-19. In particular, it examines concerns over student privacy, accessibility of education technology materials for all students and equitable access to online learning technology and internet connection. This is a thoughtful piece for… Read More ›
Confronting the Coronavirus Outbreak
This section of the Usable Knowledge website brings together advice for educators during school closures due to COVID-19. Usable Knowledge is an online resource from the Harvard Graduate School of Education that aims to make education research and best practices accessible to educators, policymakers, members of the media, nonprofit leaders, entrepreneurs and parents. As such,… Read More ›
Best Practices for Online Teaching
Laurel Springs School, a private K-12 online school focused on personalization for students, created this guide to help teachers delivering courses online. The guide provides simple tips for connecting with students and their families and delivering content. The guide can be helpful to teachers of any grade or subject and features sections specifically tailored for… Read More ›
Blended Learning Universe
Developed by the Clayton Christensen Institute, a nonprofit think tank working to improve education, healthcare, and global prosperity through innovation, this website showcases blended learning resources. It features basics on blended learning and related instructional models, including videos and examples in action, tips and resources to take a school step-by-step through planning and research publications.… Read More ›
From Disruption Comes Change: Nurturing Sociopolitical Action with Youth
Hosted by Dr. Alfredo Palacios from the College of Education at Auburn University, the Theory of Change podcast is for counselors and counselor educators who are looking for inspiration and resources pertaining to the profession of counseling. In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Carlos Hipolito-Delgado, an associate professor of counseling at the University of Colorado Denver, and a Student-Centered Learning Research Collaborative grantee, discusses his research on sociopolitical… Read More ›
What We Know about Successful Instruction in a Digital Environment
Earlier this week, I read this post on Facebook, and it got me thinking… Attention Parents: As we move closer to embarking on what is being called “remote teaching,” I am asking my Facebook friends to refrain from publicly scrutinizing their children’s teachers for the way they are teaching or the lessons they are assigning.… Read More ›
4 Common Barriers to Accessible Content for all Students
Whenever educators are delivering new content online is is important that all students, including those with disabilities, can access the materials. While most learning management systems (LMS) and software programs provide some accessibility compliance checking, they sometimes make mistakes or miss important considerations. This article offers clear, specific advice teachers can use to review the… Read More ›
Bridging Digital Divides Between Schools and Communities
The paper looks at the gap between internet connectivity at schools and within under-resourced, low-income communities, which is often referred to as the homework divide. The author looks at data collected from schools in two different cities—Marion, Alabama, and Phoenix, Arizona, where access at school is high due to participation in the ConnectED initiative, a… Read More ›
How Will Schools Provide Special Education During the Coronavirus Crisis?
This article looks at the challenge districts are facing to provide special education services and equitable access to learning during school closures due to COVID-19. It dives into the dilemma administrators across the nation are facing trying to interpret and adhere to federal policies and discusses how different districts have responded. While it cannot provide… Read More ›