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October 2023
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Blog posts
Brandi Hinnant-Crawford schools us on equitably guiding change efforts
The 11 Standards for Professional Learning explicitly address equity, and work together to create the conditions, culture, and content for equity within professional learning. Specifically, the Equity Foundations standard addresses the learning conditions and context, describing the importance of creating ...
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At Learning Forward's Annual Conference, educators engage in rich conversations with like-minded colleagues, learn new strategies, and access resources and materials relevant to their role. Participants often experience excitement, hope, and renewed energy or passion. However, a sense of overload ...
Advocacy updates
Shutdown looms: House pushes elimination of Title II-A
Both the House and Senate are continuing their fitful efforts to complete action on their versions of the 12 fiscal year 2024 Appropriations bills. The Labor, Health and Human Services, Education spending bill, which contains funding for all federal education ...
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Professional learning IS stronger schools: Title II-A funding and the federal education budget
This policy briefing is a special convening of education leaders representing superintendents, principals, teachers, and the U.S. Department of Education to talk about how professional learning is critical to retain teachers, intensify academic recovery, and meet the needs of all ...
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