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Gather, Analyze, and Respond to Feedback and Data on Student Learning
Abigail Echo-Hawk on the art and science of ‘decolonizing data’
In this article, Abigail Echo-Hawk, the Chief Research Officer of the Seattle Indian Health Board, talks about what it means to decolonize data in her context of providing health services for indigenous communities. This discussion goes into how data is communicated through a deficit-based framework, how to add a cultural lens in thinking about data,…
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Authentically Partner With Communities to Transform Students’ Daily Experiences
Engaging Families to Better Understand Students: Home Visits
There is no better source for learning about a student than the child’s parent(s) or guardians. Yet teachers can go months or even the whole year without any significant interaction with the families of their students. Intentional family engagement, therefore, is a critical aspect of creating a sense of classroom belonging. It allows for a…
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Listen to, Understand, and Respond to the Voices and Experiences of Students
The Schools Our Youth Demand
Students and student voices must lead our work in building equitable and liberatory schools. The Youth Liberation Symposium, an entirely youth-led virtual symposium featuring youth from across our network of 18 school districts connected to learn about the history of education liberation struggles and dive into questions around their own activist identity. The symposium culminated…
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Design Systems and Structures that Promote Positive Relationships, Collaboration, and Student-Centered Learning
Partner with BIPOC Youth to Make School Better for Everyone
When we listen to young people who are not experiencing belonging and success in the current system of school, and co-design both micro- and macro-innovations in partnership with them, trust is built, healing occurs, and the changes implemented benefit all young people.
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Design Systems and Structures that Promote Positive Relationships, Collaboration, and Student-Centered Learning
Design Principles for Schools: Putting the Science of Learning and Development Into Action
The Design Principles for Schools is a new playbook that aims to support K-12 educators and youth-serving professionals in transforming all learning settings to meet the acute needs we are facing right now and also provide a solid down payment on the better, more equitable education system we need for our kids and their futures.
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Design Systems and Structures that Promote Positive Relationships, Collaboration, and Student-Centered Learning
Design Principles for Community-Based Settings: Putting the Science of Learning and Development Into Action
This playbook suggests a set of design principles that were developed by a group of educators, practitioners, scientists, and parents, building on the knowledge we have today and the contributions of many in the field to nurture innovations, new models, and new enabling policies
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Design Systems and Structures that Promote Positive Relationships, Collaboration, and Student-Centered Learning
How the Science of Learning and Development Can Transform Education
Initial lessons from contemporary research that have significant implications for those working to advance opportunity, equity, learning, and youth development.