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</span><strong><span style="font-size:20.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005695">As SREB Chair, Carney Focuses on Equity </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">Governor John Carney of
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Delaware </span></strong>was
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<span style="color:#008AAF">elected SREB chair</span></a> last month, succeeding Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas.<br>
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focus on issues of equity,” <br>
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Glen D. Johnson, chancellor of the <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Oklahoma</span></strong> State Regents for Higher Education, was elected to continue as vice chair of the Board. State Senator Robert H. Plymale of
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">West Virginia</span></strong> was elected to another term as treasurer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005694">REMOTE TEACHING </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
</span><strong><span style="font-size:20.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005695">Adapt Curriculum, Shift Attitude for New Learning Online </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">Many teachers will have to teach online at least part of this fall.<br>
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emergency moves to remote instruction in March, school districts have smoothed online platforms, focused on professional development and found ways to connect more of their students. They know that the fall challenge will be even more difficult as teachers
will need to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Assess students' spring learning loss, which will vary widely from one student to the next<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Reorganize the curriculum to get each student back on track<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Adapt the curriculum for online, blended or hybrid settings<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">"Don’t try to start where learning ended — you’ll never catch up," writes SREB's Scott Warren in a new
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<span style="color:#008AAF">blog post</span></a>. "Instead, look for where the curriculum revisits past content or standards and take those opportunities to address lost learning."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Steps to Improve Online and Blended Instruction ></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><strong><span style="font-size:20.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005695">Ideas and Actions for Fall Teaching </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">
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<span style="color:#008AAF">K-12 Education Recovery Task Force</span></a> continues to share deep, actionable guidance for fall teaching and learning. Detailed ideas for
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<span style="color:#008AAF">online, blended and hybrid instruction</span></a> include intentionally teaching the technology and embracing innovation. <br>
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<span style="color:#008AAF">support for students</span></a>, with actionable advice to help educators identify lost learning with quick-result diagnostic assessments so they can help students master new content and gauge progress along the way.<br>
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the instruction section of the playbook in progress ></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><strong><span style="font-size:20.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005695">Practical Advice for Reopening Campuses</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">
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<span style="color:#008AAF">Higher Education Recovery Task Force</span></a> is publishing frameworks for safe operations and effective education this fall and beyond. Available now: guidance on <a href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsreb.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dc67c5841e2df804cf1c9ea093%26id%3D9ab4268f2a%26e%3D2bda7894f1&data=02%7C01%7Celisa.jaden%40sreb.org%7C2e7beec894b544f1fe6908d82fe81c97%7Ceb20950b168c497a98452b099844f3ef%7C0%7C0%7C637312021273285607&sdata=H2AFoxzaLMErnMzrmGmnQjXcGwczfTOQ6Yn2EBIXtew%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008AAF">health
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<span style="color:#008AAF">governance and operations topics</span></a> such as policy reviews and task forces.
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<span style="color:#008AAF">See the playbook in progress ></span></a><br>
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</span><strong><span style="font-size:20.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005695">A Turning Point for State Education Progress</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">
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progress reports</span></a> for each of the 16 SREB states detail student data from pre-K to college and the workforce, plus demographic and economic trends. They also detail how each state is implementing the kinds of policies recommended to move these measures
forward.<br>
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As a baseline for education progress before the COVID-19 pandemic, the reports shed light on the challenges states face to focus more urgently on early reading and math, narrow opportunity gaps and prepare people for the workforce of today and tomorrow. <a href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsreb.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dc67c5841e2df804cf1c9ea093%26id%3De4371819fc%26e%3D2bda7894f1&data=02%7C01%7Celisa.jaden%40sreb.org%7C2e7beec894b544f1fe6908d82fe81c97%7Ceb20950b168c497a98452b099844f3ef%7C0%7C0%7C637312021273315590&sdata=F60G5uDDm0jXLVAMayWkGfbzC5rg%2BG%2BjRW9I1pHjsvw%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008AAF">See
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005694">SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
</span><strong><span style="font-size:20.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005695">Honoring Achievement for States, Districts & Schools </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">Mississippi</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020"> led the nation in math and literacy
gains on last year's National Assessment of Educational Progress, and its commitment to increasing achievement was honored with SREB's 2020 State Leadership Award.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Alabama's DeKalb County School District</span></strong> was honored for its commitment to increasing literacy achievement in grades six through 12. <a href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsreb.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dc67c5841e2df804cf1c9ea093%26id%3D8aa8b8898a%26e%3D2bda7894f1&data=02%7C01%7Celisa.jaden%40sreb.org%7C2e7beec894b544f1fe6908d82fe81c97%7Ceb20950b168c497a98452b099844f3ef%7C0%7C0%7C637312021273325581&sdata=JVg9Cgvh14gpPLm2M4rdb9Lb3I8XrzyKnr4giKRjX3E%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008AAF">Read
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In addition, 23 schools, including ones in <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Alabama</span></strong>,
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Oklahoma</span></strong>, <strong>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">South Carolina</span></strong> and <strong>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">West Virginia</span></strong>, won 2020 Pacesetter Awards for improving instruction and student achievement.
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<span style="color:#008AAF">See their stories ></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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