How 100 large and urban districts are (and aren’t) engaging stakeholders
Districts are supposed to gather local feedback on how to spend their ESSER pandemic relief money. One year in, one out of three may not be complying.
Progress and potential: The innovations of pandemic learning communities led by leaders of color
What seven initiatives led by community leaders of color can teach us about advancing racial justice in K–12 educational spaces.
Pods in Action: The Central Florida Urban League
CFUL opened Whitney M. Young Academy, a microschool designed to meet the individual needs of low-income, African American students.
‘The space and grace is evaporating:’ School leaders eager to tackle learning loss faced unexpected challenges this year. They’ll need help to lead everyone back on track
Headed into 2022-23, school administrators are going to have to pursue new strategies to make up for learning loss.
Arizona Autism Charter School: Meeting the Unique Needs of Students with Autism and Other Related Disabilities
Pandemic responses in schools like AZACS offer enduring lessons about fluid and effective practices that meet the needs of all students.
From a Lakota-focused microschool to service opportunities for kids with disabilities, innovations from 161 schools to aid marginalized students
This year’s Canopy data suggest schools are innovating is to design solutions to the problems most often faced by marginalized students and families.
Pods in Action: The Boston Community Learning Collaborative
A group of community-based organizations that had been working to reimagine education before the pandemic capitalized on a window of opportunity to create new microschool-inspired learning environments for Black and Latino youth.
Pods in Action: Black Mothers Forum
An education advocacy group that responded to the COVID-19 crisis by launching two microschools for Black families in Phoenix, Arizona.
Pods in Action: Neighborhood North
Neighborhood North leaders saw a need to support students at risk of falling behind in school and support families by providing childcare.
Pods in Action: Engaged Detroit
Engaged Detroit was created to help Black families interested in homeschooling “take control” of their children’s learning.