Alyssa and Raymond try to make sense of all the school guidance that has come out over the summer and what it's going to mean as educators prepare to start the 2020-2021 school year.

Links (linking does not imply an endorsement from the Colorado Department of Education):

• CDE Planning the 2020-21 School Year: A Framework and Toolkit for School and District Leaders for Feedback: https://www.cde.state.co.us/planning20-21
• CDE Best Practices for Educators: https://www.cde.state.co.us/learningathome/bestpracticeseducators
• TNTP Learning Acceleration Guide: https://tntp.org/covid-19-school-response-toolkit/view/learning-acceleration-guide
• CCSSO Restart & Recovery: Considerations for Teaching and Learning: https://ccsso.org/blog/ccsso-releases-restart-recovery-considerations-teaching-learning
• Council of the Great City Schools Addressing Unfinished Learning After COVID-19 School Closures: https://www.cgcs.org/cms/lib/DC00001581/Centricity/Domain/313/CGCS_Unfinished%20Learning.pdf
• Student Achievement Partners Instructional Considerations for the 2020-21 School Year: https://achievethecore.org/page/3269/instructional-considerations-for-the-2020-21-school-year
• NCTM/NCSM: Moving Forward: Mathematics Learning in the Era of COVID-19: https://www.nctm.org/uploadedFiles/Research_and_Advocacy/NCTM_NCSM_Moving_Forward.pdf

Hosts: Alyssa Wooten ([email protected]) and Raymond Johnson ([email protected])

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