As we approach the end of the school year, alongside thinking about how many days are left or what the break might bring, hopefully there is some time to reflect on this year’s change ideas. Hopefully there is some time to ask, So What? and Now What? So What,- what…

Turning unexpected obstacles into improvement opportunities. How STRIVE Prep is using the PDSA structure to improve co-teaching observations in the virtual classroom this Fall. Launched in January 2020, the Charter Students with Disabilities Pilot Community…

This paper describes what the foundation is learning across NSI grantees in order to supplement a more formal summative evaluation that is underway, with the first report expected in March 2024. While the summative evaluation will analyze school- and student-level…

In the 2019-2020 school year, the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Midwest facilitated a collaborative research partnership called a Networked Improvement Community, or NIC. This REL Midwest video shares teachers’, administrators’, and students’ experiences…

As we implement change ideas to help our students, measuring outcomes can help to determine if ideas are beneficial or not. The measures tell us if students got closer to our desired outcome. But once we identify a good idea, we need to understand more clearly how…

Baseball great Yogi Berra famously warned, “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.” Yogi’s words are as relevant to implementing and measuring change ideas as they are to baseball. They remind us that we…

Review slides from the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders webinar, Overcoming Cultural Trauma Toward a More Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. 

An equity audit is a study of the fairness of an institution’s policies, programs, and practices. Such audits represent a significant investment in resources, both human and material. Thus, it is worthwhile to anticipate potential challenges and develop a plan for…

Most teachers and administrators are familiar with the terms social-emotional learning (SEL) and culturally responsive pedagogy. They recognize that the concepts these terms embody and their related educational practices are essential if students are going to thrive…

Review this resource to learn more about key terms associated with Gender and Sexuality.