By Dr. Catherine Burns, Chief Academic Officer With many of our leaders now back from a much-deserved break, I want to share our mid-year data summary as a point of inspiration. Successes to celebrate are clear; there is no way educators are working this hard without positive outcomes—some of which can be measured in academic …
Did you miss Accelerate Institute’s recent virtual workshop on delivering equity in education from Chief Academic Officer Dr. Catherine Burns and Senior Director of Curriculum and Assessment Erin Slack? The video replay is available now. In Thursday’s “Leveraging the Accelerate Framework to Advance Equity in Schools” workshop, Dr. Burns, Erin Slack, and educators from around …
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At the end of 2020, we as a country were confronted by a number of different crises that upended life and work as we knew it. Amid a simultaneous international health crisis, economic downturn, and social events sparked by political unrest, the country also took on a long-overdue reckoning with racial injustice and moved inequity …
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Over summer break, school leaders often feel as if there just isn’t enough time. As soon as the school year ends, it’s already time to start planning for the upcoming year—and there’s always so much to cover. With the unprecedented safety, equity, and growth recovery efforts to strategize around for the 2021-2022 school year, leaders …
A recent report from New York City-based Wallace Foundation reaffirms the profound impact high-performing school principals have on student achievement. The new report, “How Principals Affect Students and Schools: A Systematic Synthesis of Two Decades of Research,” is a follow-up to Wallace Foundation’s 2004 report, “How Leadership Influences Student Learning.” While the earlier report offered powerful …
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On Thursday, March 18, Accelerate Institute Chief Academic Officer Dr. Catherine Burns moderated a live, virtual panel discussion featuring three transformational school leaders. The “Advancing Equity in Schools” panel featured Joán Álvarez, executive director of IDEA Coastal Bend; Andrea Hernandez, principal of Navigator-Watsonville Prep School, grades K-3; and Liz Jamison-Dunn, principal of Catalyst – Circle …
Gretchen Larsen is a Ryan Fellow in her second year of the Fellowship. She leads a small charter school, Explore Academy, in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Explore chose to locate in a high-need area to serve students who didn’t have access to school options; in this ZIP Code, there are no schools with more than …
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Register here to join this important and timely discussion The current conversations around race and equity in America have motivated us all to reexamine the way we think about opportunity, bias, and social challenges in our country. Ample evidence confirms opportunity gaps are prevalent outside of school—children are impacted by inequities along racial lines long …
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In order for all students to achieve at a globally competitive level, their school system needs to be equitable at every level. It needs to meet students where they are and ensure that they receive the necessary supports to be adequately prepared for college, career, and civic life. Yet, our current school system is not …
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Accelerate Institute Chief Academic Officer Dr. Catherine Burns recently hosted the virtual workshop “Maintaining Quality Learning in Remote Environments.” With the current school year unfolding amid the pandemic, schools across the nation have now turned to remote learning—either entirely, or to supplement a hybrid approach paired with in-classroom instruction. Providing continued access to an equitable …
