Innovative Approaches to Improving Rural Students' Achievement: Interventions for Personalized Learning in Middle School, Social-Emotional Learning in 9th Grade, and Writing in Secondary Schools
Richard Kitzmiller, Niswonger Foundation, Susan Savell, Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) Center, Rachel Bear, National Writing Project, & Casey Olsen, Columbus High School, National Leadership Team College, Career, and Community Writers Program
Facilitator: Victoria Schaefer, Westat
Thursday, August 2, 10:30-12:00, SUB Ballroom D, Theme: Practice
The U.S. Department of Education presently funds the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program and previously the Investing in Innovation (i3) grant program to encourage and support innovative approaches to improving student achievement in U.S. schools. The program prioritizes a variety of topics ranging from college and career readiness, to social and emotional learning (SEL), to working with rural districts and schools. Three grantees with proven results share brief overviews of their work and then discuss the commonalities across their work that created the positive results for students. All grantees work in secondary schools; two projects are national in scale with positive results, and one is regional (Appalachian) and is new. The grantees' areas of focus are writing, literacy, and SEL.
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