Listen to Dr. Jared Myracle discuss how he implemented High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) in Tennessee. It takes more than selecting and purchasing materials to provide teachers with curriculum resources.
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How to Provide Meaningful Feedback: Teacher’s Guide
Recovering from COVID: The Toll of Crisis Management on School District Leadership Teams
This article from Medora highlights the need to support school district leaders through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSR) funds as they navigate the COVID-19 crisis. The article outlines how state and local education agencies can provide district support such as defining and understanding the new normal, investing in leadership capacity building, and providing mental health support to […]
Developing Educator Expertise to Work with Adolescent English Learners
These three modules are based on a series of conversations from summer 2020 between Aída Walqui, the Director of the National Research and Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners, and renowned linguists and educators from around the world who have made significant contributions to the study of multilingualism. Each conversation focused on particular research advances in the […]
How State, District, and School Levers can Improve the Course Access of Students Classified as English Learners in Secondary Schools
This research brief explores how school, district, and state decisions can impact course access for students classified as English Learners in middle and high school. The brief describes existing research on the role of eleven levers related to (1) state and district policies, (2) school and programmatic decisions, and (3) school staffing.