AI-Powered Online Student Safety

whitePaper | August 16, 2022

For some time now I have been discussing capability with people in HR, people in L&D, and people with chief executive responsibilities in both the public and private sectors. What I have found remarkable is the lack of consistency in how people use the word capability.

whitePaper | June 1, 2021

Colleges and universities everywhere are preparing for a world in which distance learning has become a critical capability and an important differentiator in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. While providing a substitute for in-person lectures is important, successful distance learning also means ensuring that students have access to the computing services and applications they need. The ability to deliver a good user experience is essential.

whitePaper | December 9, 2022

Every summer and fall, the news cycle is littered with stories about summer learning loss. This is because many students, especially those from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, begin each school year performing at achievement levels that are below what they were before the start of summer break. In education, we refer to this as summer learning loss or the summer slide.

whitePaper | June 23, 2021

Effective principals have a positive influence on student learning outcomes, as McREL’s analysis has previously found. In this new paper, we review these connections and describe updates to our Balanced Leadership for Student Learning™ professional learning program that help principals have even more impact on student success.

whitePaper | August 4, 2020

Over the last few months, the i-Ready team has had a chance to talk to more than 100 district leaders about the challenges they face as they plan for the 2020–2021 school year. We explored their challenges, their reasons to be hopeful, and the tools they believe will be most important for success in the year ahead. While every leader we spoke with had unique stories and circumstances, there were remarkable commonalities in the challenges they described.

whitePaper | March 31, 2023

California’s “alternative schools” are publicly funded schools designed to provide a different educational setting from traditional public schools. Students placed in alternative schools include students who have faced discipline such as expulsion or suspensions of ten or more days in a school year; students impacted by incarceration and probation contact; students with histories of missing school; and students in need of credit recovery. Alternative schools may also enroll high concentrations of students with disabilities, students with experiences in the foster system, and students who have experienced homelessness