Teaching and Learning
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CCNetwork Highlights
This rotating collection highlights stories, resources, and tools from across the CCNetwork and showcases topics of urgent interest. For each collection we provide:
- An introduction to the topic
- An outline of subtopics
- Concise and useful tools and how to obtain them
- Resources designed to underpin successful practice
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Educator Workforce
The CCNetwork supports states and districts as they design and implement strategies to ensure students have equitable access to effective teachers and leaders.
Summer and Out-of-School Time
Summer learning and out-of-school time (OST) programs are fun and important ways to make up for lost instructional time, build relationships between students and teachers, and prepare students and families for the next school year.
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Blog Post
Nov 22, 2022
Accelerated Learning is a popular post-pandemic catchphrase and has sparked plenty of press, resources from education experts, and products from vendors. So how do educators find the most useful information and resources? Where do teachers look to develop their understanding of Accelerated Learning, find quality tools, create steps for implementation, and acquire testimonies from other educators? The National Comprehensive Center’s Accelerated…
Blog Post
Oct 21, 2022
The Value of TIPs
National Comprehensive Center (NCC) has conducted a landscape scan and curated a set of resources in a new and easy-to-navigate dashboard that supports children facing adverse childhood experiences. By having readily available trauma-informed practices (TIPs), educators can be better prepared to create a safe environment that fosters learning. Effective trauma-informed systems contribute to improved student and school outcomes…
Blog Post
Oct 17, 2022
We recently introduced four new tools developed in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Education to track and strengthen the effectiveness of (American Rescue Plan) ARP investments.
A key takeaway of the presentation and practitioners’ panel is that even as state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) are trying to spend the money by the deadline, they need to focus on the quality and effectiveness of the…
Blog Post
Oct 10, 2022
Our mission at the National Comprehensive Center is to bolster equity by helping educational systems provide the resources, create the policies, and enact the instructional practices required for all groups of students to learn, grow, and achieve regardless of their identity and experiences.
In recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we wanted to highlight one of the National Center’s Signature Projects—the Native Education Collaborative (NEC…
Blog Post
Sep 22, 2022
There is no need to struggle with the “how” when working to recruit students to programs outside of the school day. That’s because The Wallace Foundation Summer Learning Recruitment Guide has provided detailed steps, including explanations and templates to create a successful recruitment plan. Getting students back into school buildings, or other locations, to spend additional learning time can be a difficult task, especially without previous…
