The Education Week Spotlight on New School Year Collaborations is a collection of articles hand-picked by our editors for their insights on where principals and teachers differ on what’s important, collaborative learning methods used by other educators, how strong collaborations between educators can empower students to thrive, and how other leaders engage parents.
You get the articles below in a downloadable PDF.
Teaching
Flexible Seating: Collaboration Catalyst or Classroom Disaster?
New classroom arrangements are all the rage in K-12. But experts and educators caution there is more to it than just moving desks around.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Teacher Collaboration Program May Reduce Class Failures
Stronger teacher collaboration helped prevent students from falling off track at the start of high school, according to a new evaluation of the Building Assets, Reducing Risks program.
Budget & Finance
How Kids Benefit When Principals Get a Say in Spending Federal COVID-19 Aid
In some districts, principals play a key role in targeting federal pandemic relief money, but in other places they're left out.
Families & the Community
Leader To Learn From
Driving Academic Improvement by Empowering Parents
Central to turning around public education in Detroit is reengaging the parents who had been largely cut out of the district.
Recruitment & Retention
From Our Research Center
Principals and Teachers Don't Always See Eye to Eye. Can Getting In Sync Reduce Turnover?
Teachers and principals are not on the same page about why teachers teach, why they quit, and how to get them to stay.
Teaching
Opinion
How to Unleash the Power of Collaborative Learning
Three research-backed ways to facilitate interactive activities, both in and outside the classroom.
School & District Management
Opinion
How Do You Manage a District Through a Crisis? Together
How would you evaluate a $4 million air-filtration proposal when already staring down $37 million in COVID-19-related expenses?