School closures have drastically altered the state of education in America. This national shift to remote learning ushered in radical new imaginings of what education can be in America. It’s up to us to make sure that this new future for education includes a rigorous focus on equity and an increased desire to create meaningful and engaged learning experiences. We don’t know exactly how we’ll get there, but we know that we’ll get there together.
To help us all work towards a better future, we launched the Rethink Together Forum—a virtual place designed to help high school communities rethink what the future of high school looks like. Through engaging content and open-ended posts, high school students, educators, and families can rethink high school.
NEW ON THE FORUM THIS WEEK
Every week, we update the Rethink Together Forum with new on-demand videos, curated resources, and relevant discussions about education in America. Here’s a look at what’s new on the Forum this week:
- School Leader Strategies: How to Leverage and Find Resources in Your Community
- Learn from Emerson Collective’s Engagement Expert Jamie Van Leeuwen on how to find resources in your community and leverage support to advance your work.
- Words of Inspiration Students Everywhere Need to Hear #ByStudentsForStudents
- High school students all over the nation share how they’re coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and offer words of inspiration to other students stuck at home.
COMING SOON TO THE RETHINK TOGETHER FORUM
Get ready, because more one-of-a-kind content is on the way! As we reimagine high school during school closures, we’ll continue to bring new ideas, innovative tools, and meaningful educational experiences to your laptop.
Here’s a look at some of the amazing posts we have lined up for next week:
- Adulting 101: Budgeting
- As part of our Adulting 101 series, we are including a guide to budgeting. Learn how to invest in yourself, set goals, and assess your needs and wants.
- Student Voice Matters: NYC Students Get Real About COVID-19
- In a powerful discussion, New York City students share their journey during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Adulting 101: Writing a Professional Email
- Do you ever get stressed about a professional email? Are you writing your first one? Come learn how to write an email professionally and graciously.
As always, we wish you the best for this week and hope that you will find this content useful, important, and invigorating. We want to continue to build communities dedicated to working collaboratively to reimagine what high school can be, restating what it should be, and moving to a more equitable future. To do that, we’ll need your help.
Log in to the forum, create a profile, join a conversation, and prove that change is not only important but possible.
Do you have ideas about what content needs to be on the Rethink Together Forum? Or, do you have ideas about the future of high school that you want on the XQ blog? Send us an email at blog@xqinstitute.org and let’s rethink together.
REMOTE LEARNING RESOURCES:
- Building Caring, Trusting Relationships in a Remote Learning World (Pt.II)
- What Remote Learning Data Tells Us about the Effects of COVID-19
- High School Resources for Remote Learning during COVID-19 School Closures
VOICES FROM SCHOOL CLOSURES:
- These “Tutor Teens” Launched a Business to Help Younger Students and Families Learn Remotely
- Student Voice: We Have an Opportunity to Reimagine Our Future
- Celebrate Your Everyday Heroes on Teacher Appreciation Day
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