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| Strategic Topic | AASF Recommedation | Title | Author | Publication Date | Weblink |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College Going | 1 | Imagining the Hybrid College Campus | Jeffrey J. Selingo and Cole Clark | October 8, 2021 | https://hbr.org/2021/10/imagining-the-hybrid-college-campus |
| College Going | 1 | How Higher Ed Can Prepare Students for Today’s Digital Jobs | Ryan Craig | November 24, 2021 | https://hbr.org/2021/11/how-higher-ed-can-prepare-students-for-todays-digital-jobs |
| College Going | 1 | White Privilege | Scott Jaschik | December 6, 2021 | https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2021/12/06/study-shows-ways-white-students-have-advantages-admissions |
| College Going | 1 | Colleges lost 465,000 students this fall. The continued erosion of enrollment is raising alarms. | Danielle Douglas-Gabriel | January 13, 2022 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/13/fall-college-enrollment/ |
| College Going | 1 | College Enrollment Drops, Even as the Pandemic’s Effects Ebb | Stephanie Saul | May 26, 2022 | https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/us/college-enrollment.html?referringSource=articleShare |
| Fiscal | 1 | School Districts Are Starting to Spend COVID Relief Funds. The Hard Part Is Deciding How | Mark Lieberman | December 1, 2021 | https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/school-districts-are-starting-to-spend-covid-relief-funds-the-hard-part-is-deciding-how/2021/12?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=eu&M=64232740&U=55426&UUID=9fb44b26825564b663a911efc2f6ae81 |
| Performance Management | 1 | The Five Traps of Performance Measurement | Sir Andrew Likierman | October 1, 2009 | https://hbr.org/2009/10/the-five-traps-of-performance-measurement |
| Performance Management | 1 | 3 Ways Data Dashboards Can Mislead You | Joel Shapiro | January 13, 2017 | https://hbr.org/2017/01/3-ways-data-dashboards-can-mislead-you |
| Performance Management | 1 | Build a Better Dashboard for Your Agile Project | Stephan Kudyba and Agnel D'Cruz | July 14, 2021 | https://hbr.org/2021/07/build-a-better-dashboard-for-your-agile-project?autocomplete=true |
| Performance Management | 1 | Nation Gets a ‘C’ on Latest School Quality Report Card, While N.J. Again Boasts Top Grade | Sterling C. Lloyd & Alex Harwin | September 1, 2021 | https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/nation-gets-a-c-on-latest-school-quality-report-card-while-n-j-again-boasts-top-grade/2021/09?utm_source=eb&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=cte&utm_content=paths&M=64151817&UUID=9fb44b26825564b663a911efc2f6ae81 |
| Performance Management | 1 | Leaders: Stop Confusing Correlation with Causation | Michael Luca | November 5, 2021 | https://hbr.org/2021/11/leaders-stop-confusing-correlation-with-causation |
| Performance Management | 1 | What’s the appropriate resolution? | Seth's Blog | November 6, 2021 | https://seths.blog/2021/11/whats-the-appropriate-resolution/ |
| Performance Management | 1 | Oakland Unified among Calif. school districts phasing out D, F grades for high school students | ABC 7 News | December 8, 2021 | https://abc7news.com/california-schools-drop-d-f-grades-oakland-unified-phases-out-below-c-competency-learning-mastery-based/11308550/ |
| Performance Management | 1 | Belichick and the 3 Principles of Adjustment | The Daily Coach | December 9, 2021 | https://thedailycoach.substack.com/?_ga=2.185377376.852510920.1640228559-1210251664.1640228559 |
| Performance Management | 1 | Why It’s So Tough to Get the Data Educators Want | Rick Hess | April 4, 2022 | https://www.edweek.org/technology/opinion-why-its-so-tough-to-get-the-data-educators-want/2022/04?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=eu&M=64378832&U=55426&UUID=9fb44b26825564b663a911efc2f6ae81 |
| Performance Management | 1 | With So Many Kids Struggling in School, Experts Call for Revamping ‘Early Warning Systems' | Sarah Sparks | May 18, 2022 | https://www.edweek.org/leadership/with-so-many-kids-struggling-in-school-experts-call-for-revamping-early-warning-systems/2022/05?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=eu&M=4302308&UUID=9fb44b26825564b663a911efc2f6ae81 |
| Performance Management | 1 | What information would help you plan your education path? California wants to know. | Betty Rosales | June 6, 2022 | https://edsource.org/2022/what-information-would-help-you-plan-your-education-path-california-wants-to-know/673112 |
| Performance Management | 1 | College Board Success Benchmarks | College Board | Ongoing | https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/about/scores/benchmarks |
| Teaching and Learning | 1 | 2021 California Summer Learning Guide: Investing in Resilience and Relationships | The Partnership for Children and Youth - The National Summer Learning Association | 2021 | https://www.partnerforchildren.org/resources/2021/4/27/2021-california-summer-learning-guide |
| Teaching and Learning | 1 | THE PRODUCTION OF HUMAN CAPITAL IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES: EVIDENCE FROM 196 RANDOMIZED FIELD EXPERIMENTS | Roland Fryer, Jr. | March 1, 2016 | https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w22130/w22130.pdf |
| Teaching and Learning | 1 | Student Learning with High Dosage Tutoring | Carly Robinson, Matthew Kraft, Sussana Loeb, Beth Schueler | February 1, 2021 | chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://annenberg.brown.edu/sites/default/files/EdResearch_for_Recovery_Design_Principles_1.pdf |
| Teaching and Learning | 1 | State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Announces Co-Chairs for Task Force to Improve Black Student Achievement | California Department of Education | October 14, 2021 | https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr21/yr21rel82.asp |
| Teaching and Learning | 1 | California education leaders discuss Black student disparities | A.V. BENFORD | October 15, 2021 | https://sacobserver.com/2021/10/california-education-leaders-discuss-black-student-disparities/ |
| Teaching and Learning | 1 | Efforts to Toughen Teacher Evaluations Show No Positive Impact on Students | Madeline Will | November 29, 2021 | https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/efforts-to-toughen-teacher-evaluations-show-no-positive-impact-on-students/2021/11?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=popweek&utm_content=list&M=64233495&U=55426&;UUID=9fb44b26825564b663a911efc2f6ae81 |
| Teaching and Learning | 1 | ‘This is a disaster.’: Severity of learning lost to the pandemic comes into focus | Jessica Calefati | December 6, 2021 | https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-education/2021/12/06/this-is-a-disaster-severity-of-learning-lost-to-the-pandemic-comes-into-focus-799278?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20220104&instance_id=49344&nl=the-morning®i_id=21263727&segment_id=78602&te=1&user_id=9fb44b26825564b663a911efc2f6ae81 |
| Teaching and Learning | 1 | Getting Black Students Better Access to Non-Novice Teachers | Sarah Mehrotra, Ivy Morgan, and Allison Rose Socol | December 14, 2021 | https://edtrust.org/resource/getting-black-students-better-access-to-non-novice-teachers/ |
| Teaching and Learning | 1 | New Research: Students in Majority-Black Schools Had Been 9 Months Behind Their White Peers. Now, the Gap Is a Full 12 Months | BETH HAWKINS | December 14, 2021 | https://www.the74million.org/new-research-students-in-majority-black-schools-had-been-9-months-behind-their-white-peers-now-the-gap-is-a-full-12-months/ |
| Teaching and Learning | 1 | The Students Returned, but the Fallout From a Long Disruption Remained | Erica Green | December 24, 2021 | https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/us/politics/covid-school-reopening-teen-mental-health.html |
| Teaching and Learning | 1 | Teachers Deliver Less to Students of Color, Study Finds. Is Bias the Reason? | Ileana Najarro | January 13, 2022 | https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/teachers-deliver-less-to-students-of-color-study-finds-is-bias-the-reason/2022/01?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=eu&M=64274793&U=55426&UUID=9fb44b26825564b663a911efc2f6ae81 |
| Teaching and Learning | 1 | Public education is facing a crisis of epic proportions | Laura Meckler | January 30, 2022 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/30/public-education-crisis-enrollment-violence/ |
| Teaching and Learning | 1 | Teachers second-guess letter grades as they search for a fairer way | Valerie Strauss and Donna St. George | February 28, 2022 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/02/28/letter-grades-grading-a-f/?utm_campaign=wp_the7&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_the7&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F36313b3%2F621e0b059d2fda34e7b2ee72%2F597412659bbc0f1cdcfaf10f%2F30%2F44%2F621e0b059d2fda34e7b2ee72 |
| Teaching and Learning | 1 | Black Minds Matter: 2022 Fact Sheet | Ed Trust West | April 19, 2022 | https://west.edtrust.org/resource/black-minds-matter-2022-fact-sheet/ |
| Teaching and Learning | 1 | Black and Latino students in Berkeley Unified are overrepresented in special ed | Ally Markovich | June 12, 2022 | https://www.berkeleyside.org/2022/06/12/black-latino-students-berkeley-unified-overrepresented-special-ed?utm_source=Berkeleyside+newsletters&utm_campaign=3c7093d780-RSS_DAILY_BRIEFING&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_aad4b5ee64-3c7093d780-333599553&goal=0_aad4b5ee64-3c7093d780-333599553&mc_cid=3c7093d780&mc_eid=1b874f5346 |
| Culture and Climate | 2 | New Report: How to Build Culturally Affirming Schools, According to Over 100 Black Teachers | Asher Lehrer-Small | October 18, 2021 | https://www.the74million.org/article/new-report-how-to-build-culturally-affirming-schools-according-to-over-100-black-teachers/ |
| Human Capital | 2 | Far Too Many Educators Aren't Prepared to Teach Black and Brown Students | Shariff El-Mekki | April 6, 2021 | https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-far-too-many-educators-arent-prepared-to-teach-black-and-brown-students/2021/04 |
| Human Capital | 2 | Districts Are Screening for Racial Biases During Teacher Job Interviews. Here’s How | Madeline Will | December 7, 2021 | https://www.edweek.org/leadership/districts-are-trying-to-screen-out-racial-biases-during-teacher-job-interviews-heres-how/2021/12?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=eu&M=64238592&U=55426&UUID=9fb44b26825564b663a911efc2f6ae81 |
| Human Capital | 2 | We Need Black Teachers and the Breakout Hit Sitcom ‘Abbott Elementary’ Shows Us Why | MIMI WOLDEYOHANNES | February 23, 2022 | https://www.the74million.org/article/we-need-black-teachers-and-the-breakout-hit-sitcom-abbott-elementary-shows-us-why/ |
| Culture and Climate | 3 | Why, Really, Are So Many Black Kids Suspended? | Richard O. Welsh | August 19, 2021 | https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-why-really-are-so-many-black-kids-suspended/2021/08 |
| Culture and Climate | 3 | Black Lives Matter, She Wrote. Then ‘Everything Just Imploded.’ | Erica L. Green | October 10, 2021 | https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/10/us/politics/maryland-superintendent-racism-black-lives-matter.html |
| Culture and Climate | 3 | Students are fed up with racist slurs and bullying. Now they're walking out of class | Nicole Chavez | December 5, 2021 | https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/05/us/racist-bullying-school-incidents/index.html |
| Culture and Climate | 3 | The Students Returned, but the Fallout From a Long Disruption Remained | Erica L. Green | December 24, 2021 | https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/us/politics/covid-school-reopening-teen-mental-health.html?searchResultPosition=1 |
| Social Emotional | 3 | Q&A: Meeting the Needs of Students of Color in a Time of Collective Trauma | Evie Blad | March 31, 2021 | https://www.edweek.org/leadership/q-a-meeting-the-needs-of-students-of-color-in-a-time-of-collective-trauma/2021/03 |
| Social Emotional | 3 | Parents protesting 'critical race theory' identify another target: Mental health programs | Tyler Kingkade and Mike Hixenbaugh | November 15, 2021 | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-protesting-critical-race-theory-identify-new-target-mental-hea-rcna4991 |
| Social Emotional | 3 | A football player couldn’t find a therapist who understood Black, urban trauma. So, he decided to become one | Theresa Vargas | November 27, 2021 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/football-player-therapist-black-trauma/2021/11/26/f7b1a9c2-48db-11ec-b05d-3cb9d96eb495_story.html |
| Social Emotional | 3 | Another Surge in the Virus Has Colleges Fearing a Mental Health Crisis | Anemona Hartocollis | December 22, 2021 | https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/us/covid-college-mental-health-suicide.html |
| Social Emotional | 3 | School Counselors on How to Help Students Recover From Pandemic Stress | Claire Cain Miller | May 29, 2022 | https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/29/upshot/student-stress-counselors-pandemic.html?referringSource=articleShare |
| Social Emotional | 3 | Schools are struggling to meet rising mental health needs, data shows | Laura Meckler | May 31, 2022 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/05/31/schools-mental-health-covid-students/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F36fb0cb%2F629637ae956121755a9d276e%2F597412659bbc0f1cdcfaf10f%2F31%2F72%2F629637ae956121755a9d276e |
| Family Engagement | 4 | Finding joy amid tragedy, California families look ahead with hope | Ed Source Staff | December 20, 2020 | https://edsource.org/2020/finding-joy-amid-tragedy-california-families-look-ahead-with-hope/644650 |
| Family Engagement | 4 | Miguel Cardona: Schools Must Work to Win Trust of Families of Color as They Reoopen | Evie Blad | April 9, 2021 | https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/miguel-cardona-schools-must-work-to-win-trust-of-families-of-color-as-they-reopen/2021/04 |
| Family Engagement | 4 | California families confronted Covid and became invested in education | Ed Source Staff | June 10, 2021 | https://edsource.org/2021/california-families-confronted-covid-and-became-more-invested-in-education/655512 |
| Family Engagement | 4 | Lessons Teachers Have Learned From Students’ Families | Larry Ferlazzo | April 4, 2022 | https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-lessons-teachers-have-learned-from-students-families/2022/04 |
| Family Engagement | 4 | Want to Spark Students’ Interest in STEM? Initiative Brings Parents Into That Effort | Lauraine Langreo | June 8, 2022 | https://www.edweek.org/technology/want-to-spark-students-interest-in-stem-initiative-brings-parents-into-that-effort/2022/06?utm_source=li&utm_medium=soc&utm_campaign=edit |