With the recent passage of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSA) in December 2020, conversations around ESSER funding seem to be popping up in more and more education spaces. Now, with the addition of new funds from the American Rescue Plan, released on March 24, 2021, our team wanted to share some […]
Student Engagement Data: How to Make it Easy & Actionable
Schoolrunner is proud to serve thought leading schools across the country in using data to analyze, track, and improve student achievement. For more than 10 years, we’ve worked with teachers and school administrators to drive student success at many of the nation’s most progressive schools. Our comprehensive system has helped schools manage academics, attendance, culture, […]
Engagement, Attendance, & Communication: Strategies and Solutions from School Leaders
At Schoolrunner, we’ve been thinking about how to best support our partner schools, whether they are remote, hybrid, or transitioning back to in-person. We wanted to share some best practices from our school partners that address both the needs of this unique school year and can carry through to an in-person learning environment. How are […]
Data Strategies for Distance Learning: DC Data Summit
As schools across the country kick off the new school year, school leaders are faced with an unprecedented set of unknowns. After all, no one alive today has started a school year with most if not all of their public school students learning remotely. Experience counts, but how helpful is it when the new school […]
Learning While School is Closed: What Comes Next?
These days, it’s so 2019 to think about business as usual for our nation’s schools. Now that we’re several months into schools being closed because of COVID-19, there are some early lessons and challenges to reflect on that will help school leaders and staff think about and plan for the start of the 2020-21 school […]
Learning While Schools Are Closed: School Leaders Share Remote Learning Innovations
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the lives of people all over the world have been turned upside down. Businesses are closed, people are forced to stay-at-home to remain safe, and schools have shut their doors to keep the pandemic from spreading. Amidst this unprecedented disruption, school leaders, teachers, parents, and students are working […]
Improving Student Outcomes: Insights Powered by Better Student Data & Accessible Analysis Tools
School leaders who launch new schools are faced with many questions and challenges as they dream of and prepare for their first day of school, including, “What makes our school unique?” “How do I build a staff?” and “If I build it, will they (students) enroll?” These and other questions require thoughtful approaches and lots […]
Creating a School Culture that Makes Kids Want to Return
Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Rob Love, Founding Dean of Culture at our partner school Vanguard Collegiate of Indianapolis, and was thrilled to learn more about Vanguard’s success using Schoolrunner to promote a positive school culture. As he reflected on what’s worked so well, Rob explained how Vanguard is leveraging Schoolrunner […]
Fundraising Secrets Series: Connecting Data and Dollars — Schoolrunner as a Fundraising Platform
Our latest webinar, hosted by fundraising expert Kristina Saccone, is part of our Fundraising Secrets Series around how to raise money for your schools and classrooms. Last week, Kristina spoke with Nicole Escarra to learn more about how she uses Schoolrunner in her role as Director of Development at Crescent City Schools, a non-profit charter […]
Fundraising Secrets Series: Crowdfunding for the Classroom
Watch the full webinar here! Here at Schoolrunner, we are committed to demonstrating the power of data. We believe that data can empower individuals across our schools to make a strong case to increase funds, however they choose to raise those funds. In our most recent webinar, fundraising expert Kristina Saccone compares and contrasts four popular crowdfunding […]
