Engaging Districts and Communities – Digital Promise

Engaging Districts and Communities

Every day, we have the honor of supporting the work of school districts and communities engaging in deep partnership to create better opportunities and outcomes for students. Below is a list of our current projects.

Cultivating Matches

We support districts learning about new models, tools, and programs that are centered in belonging, identity, and culture through Learning Salons. Learning Salons are hands-on experiences focused on workshopping district-identified problems of practice with the goal of generating solution ideas and mapping districts to relevant solution providers.

Learning Salon: SEL and Family Engagement

Districts and solution providers engage in root cause analysis and solution mapping focused on district problems of practice in social-emotional learning (SEL) and Family Engagement.

Learning Salon: Real World Learning

The Real-World Learning Salon is designed for district leaders to discover innovative, equity-first learning solutions specific to real-world application in support of students furthest from opportunity.

Learning Salon: Mental Health and Trauma

The Mental Health and Trauma-Informed Practices Learning Salon is tailored for district leaders to workshop a problem of practice with solution providers who lead culturally responsive high-impact systems and programs.

Learning Salon: SEL and Family Engagement

Districts and solution providers engage in root cause analysis and solution mapping focused on district problems of practice in social-emotional learning (SEL) and Family Engagement.

Learning Salon: Real World Learning

The Real-World Learning Salon is designed for district leaders to discover innovative, equity-first learning solutions specific to real-world application in support of students furthest from opportunity.

Learning Salon: Mental Health and Trauma

The Mental Health and Trauma-Informed Practices Learning Salon is tailored for district leaders to workshop a problem of practice with solution providers who lead culturally responsive high-impact systems and programs.

Facilitating Pilots

Using our Inclusive Innovation model, we work with districts and communities around the country to identify and co-research local equity challenges and co-develop solutions to address them.

Addressing Adolescent Writing through Inclusive Innovation

Teams of educators and community stakeholders in two school districts are creating solutions to support adolescent writing for Black and Latino/a learners, and students experiencing poverty.

Data Equity + Interoperability

Over a dozen districts are identifying equity gaps within their data systems and are working to create solutions that leverage data interoperability to promote deeper understanding of data and more equitable outcomes.

Deep Community Capacity Building for Equity-Centered R&D

A district and community partner are addressing the challenge of student mental health and racial trauma, while deepening their capacity for ongoing collaboration.

Diverse Educator Workforce Pilots

Teachers of color from six school districts are collaborating with systems and policy stakeholders to build pilot solutions to improve recruitment and retention for teachers of color.

Equitable Systems Transformation

Eight districts are developing an anti-racist framework to guide them in creating equitable learning pathways, supporting student health and well-being and teacher cultural development.

Executive Function and Math

Teams of educators and developers are taking a bold approach to dramatically improve math outcomes for students in grades 3-8, through inclusive discovery and development of edtech solutions.

Open Education Resources for Racial Justice Professional Development and Teaching

Thirteen districts are collaborating with communities and racial justice organizations to develop open education resources (OER) and professional development to improve teachers’ capacity to engage students in racial equity and social justice discourse.

Addressing Adolescent Writing through Inclusive Innovation

Teams of educators and community stakeholders in two school districts are creating solutions to support adolescent writing for Black and Latino/a learners, and students experiencing poverty.

Data Equity + Interoperability

Over a dozen districts are identifying equity gaps within their data systems and are working to create solutions that leverage data interoperability to promote deeper understanding of data and more equitable outcomes.

Deep Community Capacity Building for Equity-Centered R&D

A district and community partner are addressing the challenge of student mental health and racial trauma, while deepening their capacity for ongoing collaboration.

Diverse Educator Workforce Pilots

Teachers of color from six school districts are collaborating with systems and policy stakeholders to build pilot solutions to improve recruitment and retention for teachers of color.

Equitable Systems Transformation

Eight districts are developing an anti-racist framework to guide them in creating equitable learning pathways, supporting student health and well-being and teacher cultural development.

Executive Function and Math

Teams of educators and developers are taking a bold approach to dramatically improve math outcomes for students in grades 3-8, through inclusive discovery and development of edtech solutions.

Open Education Resources for Racial Justice Professional Development and Teaching

Thirteen districts are collaborating with communities and racial justice organizations to develop open education resources (OER) and professional development to improve teachers’ capacity to engage students in racial equity and social justice discourse.

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