Our vision is to enable educators, students, and communities, through intentional design and networked improvement, to create classrooms that prepare our Black, Latinx, and multilingual students, to pursue their dreams.

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Winter 2024 Network Update

Our network gathered together on January 11th and February 16th to discuss what we are learning about engaging Black, Latinx, and MLL students in meaningful academic discussions. Below are the are the goals and focus areas from each of our meetings.

  • Centered our Black, Latinx, and MLL students throughout our conversations

  • Engaged in data-driven inquiry

  • Began to generate and consolidate knowledge about supporting meaningful academic discussions

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Reciprocal Teaching at Bruce Randolph School

In this video, Bruce Randolph's Facilitation Lead, Caitlin Osugi, shares how the team has prioritized time to collaborate and learning from their students to improve their practice. Bruce Randolph students also share how Reciprocal Teaching allows them to build connections with other students while deepening their mastery of mathematics.

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Using Decide & Defend Schoolwide at Respect Academy

This video story allows for an inside peak at how the staff at Respect Academy has incorporated the “Decide & Defend” protocol to get students talking in math, English, science, and social studies classes. And, how it has become engrained into data driven instruction and coaching at the school.

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October 2023 Network Convening Recap

On October 27th, 2-3 teachers from each network school, including schools’ Facilitation Leads, gathered together at the Tivoli Student Union on MSU’s campus.

During our time together, school teams:

  • Studied their initial improvement cycle.

  • Collaborated with other network schools to discuss what they are learning through implementation of their change ideas.

  • Reflected on the importance of reliability and collecting process data.

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What are Network Schools Designing and Implementing?

Prior to generating initial change ideas, network participants conducted interviews with students to better understand their educational needs and aspirations. These empathy interviews supported teachers in designing change ideas aligned with student feedback and our Theory of Improvement.

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