The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health released a new report calling on kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) school administrators to urgently invest in ways to provide healthy air in schools to increase
Category: Partners in Equity
HOW ACT IS EQUALIZING THE PLAYING FIELD FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Katie Featherston, ACT’s Senior Director of Accessibility, discusses a huge challenge in accessible testing — how it’s going, how it started and what the future holds.
Check Out the Winners of Fielding International’s “Designing Equitable Learning” Project
As part of their recent Designing Equitable Learning series, Fielding International invited youth from around the world to create something to address equity in education. Dozens of young people from around the world took part, creating videos, songs, essays, poetry,
ENSURING EQUITY IN ASSESSMENT AND HIGH-STAKES TESTING DURING THE COVID ERA
Catherine Hoffman, VP of State Partnerships at ACT, discusses information about demographics and some promising practices they have researched in schools nationwide, and how districts throughout the country can use it to create a highly equitable and access-oriented system of
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KAPLAN FEE WAIVER FOR TEST PREP INCREASES ACCESSIBILITY & OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL
It’s all about equity… From ACT we have Allyson Tlacoxolal and from Kaplan, Isaac Botier. Thanks to both organizations!
THE IMPORTANCE OF HIGH-QUALITY CURRICULUM IN THE AGE OF COVID-19
Dr. Angela Watson, Senior Fellow of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, discusses the role of parents and tells us about a great resource for them.
THE EDUCATION INDUSTRY: ACT WORKS FOR EQUITY
Learn about Tina Gridiron, Vice President of ACT’s Center for Equity in Learning, as she and Larry Jacobs discuss the importance of providing all students access to a rigorous, high-quality education, regardless of race, gender or socioeconomic status.
GATHERING & USING GRADUATING CLASS DATA
ACT’s Shannon Hayes and Katie Gragnaniello explain how gathering and using the data on any year’s graduating class allows better planning for future student learning… with a look at ACT’s new program, Mosaic. This data is available at http://www.act.org/gradclass2020.
Janet Godwin Confirmed as ACT CEO
ACT, the nonprofit learning organization and provider of college and career readiness assessments, today named Interim Chief Executive Officer Janet Godwin as its CEO. Godwin was appointed as interim CEO in May. “The ACT Board of Directors is proud to
Why Tough Conversations Matter: Democratic Preparation and America’s Schools
How can teachers and school leaders nurture students’ civic capacities? We can help them learn to engage with controversial issues, examine multiple perspectives on a given subject, and form thoughtful judgments over time. International research suggests that normalizing classroom debate
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