Print Issues: Issue 30

Our regional attendance network designed a sequenced communication cadence that rolls out in three waves: a “Start Strong” attendance campaign in the fall, followed by winter and spring campaigns. Early evidence suggests that such campaigns positively impact attendance not only during the campaign but continue to produce positive impacts for a short time afterwards.

This issue explores how deeper learning and continuous improvement come alive through the stories, reflections, and questions educators are wrestling with every day. From building belonging for immigrant and multilingual learners to amplifying student voice across schools including Brazil, Portugal, and Argentina, the articles highlight what becomes possible when schools center collaboration, inquiry, and authentic learning.

Improvement isn’t just a method. It’s culture.

In April, I had the great pleasure of moderating a “crossover” panel that spanned the Deeper Learning Conference and the National Summit on Improvement in Education. 

Four fourth grade classes researched a community group, carried out fieldwork, and took school-wide action in that role.

Seniors at HTHI wrote and produced Western genre films highlighted by their camping trip to film in the Alabama Hills

Seventh graders used proportional reasoning and scale factors to build accurate, scaled papier-mâché models of their ocean species.

Deeper learning and continuous improvement are answers to different halves of the same question. The future of schooling, and the future of our communities, depends on our willingness to reintegrate things we have allowed to drift apart

How a New York City network used weekly 1:1 attendance check-ins to cut chronic absenteeism — and why pizza parties miss the students who need help most.

Sixth graders partnered up eight local, small businesses in North County to make documentaries and Lego models for them.