Playful Assessment
This 74Million article outlines recent efforts using online games and simulations to make assessments more creative and playful for students, while still providing useful feedback and information for teachers.
Why an AI Supercomputer Makes a Lousy Tutor
With a technology race underway to create the next teaching chatbot, this article from the 74Million explores IBM’s abandoned $100 million educational endeavor and offers lessons about AI’s promise and limits.
Findings on the Implementation of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Drawn from the Experiences of Six High Schools
This brief from the R6CC provides an overview of the similarities and differences in Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) implementation and themes found across six high school MTSS implementation stories.
Capturing the Opportunity: How ESSA Can Elevate Our Youngest Learners
In this white paper, the R6CC highlights ways ESSA can help fund services for low-income children, children from multilingual households, and children experiencing housing insecurity.
Digital Backpack: Resources to Address Chronic Absence in Your Community
In the 2020-2021 school year—the most recent year for which federal data is available—14.7 million students nationwide were chronically absent, nearly doubling pre pandemic rates.
To Engage Students in Math, Educators Try Connecting it to Their Culture
‘Ethnomathematics’ proponents argue that math instruction is overly abstract and disconnected from student experience.
Impact Story Update: Enhancing Indigenous Understanding with Standards Implementation in South Dakota
Have you ever wanted to accomplish a task but couldn’t find much guidance on how to successfully achieve it? This was the problem many schools and educators were experiencing in South Dakota. Six years ago, the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings and Standards (OSEUS) were approved by the State Board of Education Standards based on legislation
Impact Story Update: Creating a Blueprint for Enhancing Support to North Dakota Schools Identified for Targeted and Comprehensive Improvement
When the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) began requiring states to identify schools for support and improvement plans, the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (NDDPI) recognized a statewide challenge. As a variety of improvement efforts got underway at individual schools and districts, the department lacked an overarching plan and uniform framework to set statewide
Voices from the Region: An Interview with Jonni Hertel
Voices from the Region spotlights stakeholders in Region 11 and their work to improve educational opportunities and outcomes. The R11CC is privileged to collaborate with and share the insights of Jonni Hertel, Ed. S., a third-grade teacher and student success facilitator at General Beadle Elementary School in Rapid City, South Dakota. Hertel, a member of