SoLD Alliance Governing Partner American Institutes for Research (AIR) has released a new tool, Science of Learning and Development Alliance Design Principles for Schools Planning Tool for Developing a System for Thriving and Learning, to guide how to explore what is necessary to realize equitable, whole-child design. The Planning Tool is designed to help users […]
Across our nation, educators, school and district leaders, families, and students are focused on the difficult task of COVID recovery — working to keep children safe, address the losses caused by the pandemic, and accelerate learning for each and every young person. Recovery will happen, but it will take significant time and investment. There is a real risk that our shared interest in moving past the pandemic will create a false mindset that we can quickly “return to normal” in our schools and move linearly toward recovery. This mindset and approach will fail our young people.
As we approach the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, our nation must address the effects of overlapping crises, including the ongoing COVID pandemic, longstanding racial injustices, and challenging economic conditions. Our goal must be not only to respond to current crises and accelerate learning but to transform our education systems to help all young people achieve their full potential – to choose policies and approaches that plant seeds, not just fill holes.
Education is a cornerstone of democracy and essential to our individual and collective success. Yet each day, young people, particularly BIPOC young people, in America are faced with the challenge of learning within education systems that perpetuate deep structural racism. How can we use insights from the science of learning and development to transform our education policies and practices to dismantle racism and cultivate experiences for all young people to thrive?
David Osher, SoLD Alliance partner and Vice President and Institute Fellow at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), an organization that is focused on increasing the effectiveness of education at all levels through rigorous research and evaluation, training, and technical assistance, discusses the importance of finding creative solutions to educational problems spurred by the COVID pandemic.
Hear from Pamela Cantor, M.D., Founder and Senior Science Advisor for Turnaround for Children, as she discusses the critical resources and tools needed to aid students' social and emotional well-being during the ongoing COVID pandemic.
Education is a cornerstone of our democracy and essential to young people’s opportunity to thrive and to our nation’s prosperity. Yet each day, young people in America, particularly BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and other people of color) young people, face the challenge of learning and developing within education systems that were not designed with them in mind and that perpetuate deep structural racism and other forms of oppression.
Dr. Gisele C. Shorter leads the K-12 portfolio of giving at the Raikes Foundation, which invests in youth-serving institutions and systems to ensure they are more just and equitable. Gisele works with partners to help build an education system that ensures the intellectual, social, emotional, and cultural growth and well-being of all young people, particularly those who have been most marginalized by the education system.
Karen Pittman is Co-Founder, President and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, an organization committed to providing ideas, services, and networks that leaders need in order to make more intentional decisions that are good for young people.
Cynthia Leck is a partner at Transcend Education, a non-profit organization focused on accelerating breakthrough innovation in school model design, as she discusses the importance of fostering virtual relationships during the COVID pandemic.
