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The Pandemic And Teachers: How Teachers’ Daily Life In The Classroom Has Been Impacted, Bailey Mahoney

Educational Considerations

This study explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected educators during the end of the 2019-2020 school year and throughout the 2020-2021 school year. During a time with so much uncertainty, the focus has been on how best to approach the school year for students. Little conversation has happened concerning the impact on teachers. While research on this topic is limited to the short time span of the pandemic so far, teachers have shifted their instructional strategies, assessment strategies, and homework policies to match the needs of students. The following study seeks to highlight these changes and provide a voice …

Defining Our Future In Uncertain Times

Educational Considerations

This issue of Educational Considerations brings together an exciting blend of original research, bibliographic essays, and argued scholarship. Taken as a whole, this group of manuscripts speaks to the wide range of interests across our profession representing several current issues of importance to us all.

Peering Through Hinges: Looking Back And Looking Forward, F. Todd Goodson

Educational Considerations

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Redesign Resiliency During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jay Scott

Educational Considerations

Voices from a state-wide school redesign initiative share their challenges and successes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kansans Can: Redesigning Education In Kansas, Randy Watson

Educational Considerations

In fall 2014, the Kansas State Board of Education charged me with gathering information from Kansans as to what they wanted in their school system. After months of studying the research conducted from listening tours and matching that data to current educational research, the State Board of Education launched a new vision for education in October 2015.

This vision had clear metrics for success – Lead the World. Those metrics were all focused on a single point of obtainment – the Success of Each Student. The vision was clear, difficult to achieve, compelling and viewed attainable by 2026. In fall …

Post-Pandemic To Post-Secondary Success, John Heim

Educational Considerations

Ten years ago, the Kansas Association of School Boards Board of Directors authorized a statewide research project to determine how Kansans felt about their public schools. Local boards were encouraged to bring their communities together and ask them some basic questions about what they like and dislike about education in Kansas. One hundred districts ranging in size from Blue Valley to Republic County facilitated community meetings. Over 1,000 Kansans participated and the most commonly reported concern reported was that there was too much emphasis on testing.

With the new “Kansans Can” vision, local districts were asked to look beyond indicators …