EALA

Theme: Intersectional Needs and Considerations

  • How Schools Can Meet the Moment With Programs to Teach the Whole Child

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    The emergence of COVID-19 variants is impacting schools working through exactly how to spend the federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) stimulus funds. On the one hand, these American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds give school leaders a chance to incorporate research-based whole child teaching and learning that focuses on each student’s learner variability, unique…

  • Learner Variability Project in the Field: A Guide for Culturally Responsive Practice

    Learner Variability Project in the Field: A Guide for Culturally Responsive Practice

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    The purpose of this Guide for Culturally Responsive Practice is to provide educators and educator teams with questions and protocols to guide and/or reflect on how to apply culturally responsive instruction practices as they address learner variability. Learner variability is a recognition that all students differ, and that learning sciences research guides us in understanding…

  • Supporting Child and Student Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health Needs

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    This resource highlights seven key challenges to providing school- or program-based mental health support across early childhood, K–12 schools, and higher education settings, and presents seven corresponding recommendations. The appendix provides additional useful information, including (a) numerous examples corresponding to the recommendations highlighting implementation efforts throughout the country; (b) a list of federal resource centers;…

  • Our Unique Identities: Facilitation Guide and Posters

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    This resource, developed by EALA partners, consists of three classroom posters and an accompanying facilitation guide to help students understand the concept of intersectional identities. There are two options for displaying these posters in your classroom: three individual posters or a combined poster. The facilitation guide is an educator resource for facilitating class discussions and…

  • Helping Kids Celebrate Diversity Through Authentic Portraits

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    When educators are intentional about teaching kids to see and represent differences, the students—and their works of art—blossom.

  • Anti-Racism Resource Directory for Families

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    With all of the current conversations regarding racial and ethnic diversity throughout this country, it can behard to find a starting point when discussing race-related topics with your child. Discussions can includeconversations about race, racism, and racial justice with your children. This Learning Heroes directory ismeant to help navigate various free, online resources. While this…

  • Reopen-Reconnect-Reclaim

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    Get effective tools and information to help ReOpen schools after the pandemic, strategies to ReConnect with students for their mental well-being and accelerated learning, and ReClaim your own sense of connectedness, community and power.

  • Reaching and Teaching English Learners, Newcomer Students, and English Learners with Disabilities during the Pandemic

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    The COVID-19 pandemic has upended schooling as we know it. As schools reopen, whether virtually, in-person, or as a hybrid approach, educators are facing new challenges. Among them are providing critical services, especially for English Learners and students with disabilities. Families that are not proficient in English also face language barriers that may impede their…

  • Educator’s Guidance for English Learner Programs

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    List of links for supporting students learning English as a new language, including those with disabilities.

  • Getting Started with Presentation Accessibility

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    This resource is intended to help creators design presentations with accessibility best practices in mind.