The Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) conducted various listening and learning sessions (June/July 2021) with students, families, and community members in Texas to identify their priorities for relief funding plans at the district level. After conducting these facilitated sessions, IDRA wrote The Building Supportive Schools from the Ground Up report (January 2022) highlighting those priorities. This actionable report covers the importance and basics of COVID-19 federal relief funding, three key community strategies that come out of the community sessions also backed by research, and two plan examples of ESSER funds (Texas and Georgia).
Measuring Up! - Kentucky Student Voice Team
The Kentucky Student Voice Team created assessment discussion guides for students, parents, and school and teacher leaders centered around the culture of assessments from elementary to pre-college years. In these guides, participants are asked to read student quotes and respond to discussion prompts as they reflect on their own experiences in the classroom.