Your Students Deserve the Best: 3 Steps to Hiring & Retaining Top Talent
During a Crowdsource Coffee on February 24, 2023, the Portico community discussed their challenges and nest practices when it comes to hiring and reta…
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Magnolia High School: Growing Their Community’s Future
Magnolia High School's agriscience community center was highlighted as a model community school that's helping its community solve its food desert pro…
Understanding Community Schools
What are community schools? Why should I consider this model? This resource provides an overview, so you can start reflecting on your own school's app…
The Literacy Playbook: Integrate Literacy Into Every Period, Every Day
When students are struggling with literacy, consider teaching it schoolwide during every period of every day. This is what Valley High School implemen…
Develop Literacy Skills and Civic Competency: Plan an Identity Artifact Museum Activity
Do Something performance tasks ask students to demonstrate their anti-bias awareness and civic competency by applying their literacy and social justic…
Develop Literacy Skills and Civic Competency: Plan the ‘Writing Letters for Change’ Activity
Do Something performance tasks ask students to demonstrate their anti-bias awareness and civic competency by applying their literacy and social justic…
Liberatory Design Cards: Engage Your Students in Equity Center Design
Create opportunities for the human-centered designer to notice and reflect on the identities, experiences and biases they bring to a design opportunit…
The Challenge Zone: Implement These Techniques to Build a Culture of Critical Thinking
Using these techniques in daily interactions with educators, students, and parents can shape a shared respect for critical thinking that’s accessibl…
Monday Morning Wins: Staff Newsletters Support and Connect the School Community
To support her school staff, a principal developed a weekly newsletter called Monday Morning Wins where she ties what's happening in the school to a n…
Foster Relationships and Cooperative Learning: Adopt Block Scheduling At Your School
Block scheduling is better for fostering and nurturing relationships for both teacher to student, as well as student to student relationships.