For decades, schools and districts across the country have searched for ways to improve student academic performance and close the achievement gap. Articles and books have been written and educators continue to implement strategies proven to work with all children,…
The relationship between Academic English, English Language development and Standards Plus Lessons
According to recent research (2021) conducted by the Linguistic Minority Research Institute at the University of California, “Learning Academic English is one of the surest, most reliable ways of attaining socio-economic success in the United States today.” As educators, our…
How California Schools Can Use Relief Funds to Best Help Students
As an incentive for California public schools to reopen this spring for in-person instruction, Governor Newsom has proposed providing an additional $2 billion to school districts that submit a COVID-19 safety plan by February 1, 2021. This amount represents an…
Helping Students Who Suffered the Most from Last Year’s Lost Learning
The COVID 19 pandemic has created many new and unique educational issues. It is abundantly clear that most students experienced some degree of lost learning. Admirably, most school districts fixed the various non-attendance, grading, and technology issues that plagued the…
How to Address the Ramifications of Adaptive Learning
Adaptive learning uses technology to facilitate personalized instruction for individual students by applying algorithms and data to adjust the pace and path of learning. The concept of adaptive learning got introduced in the 1970s; however, it became more prevalent during…
What is Recovered Lost Learning and Why Is It Important?
Typically, over the summer break, student achievement scores decline by one month compared to the previous school year. However, the projections for this year are even more disheartening. Student learning loss from last school year’s distance learning experience is estimated…