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Springboard & Cadence Learning team up to offer national K-8 summer learning

The problem Systemic barriers exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic have led to unprecedented learning loss among K-8 students across the U.S. The long-term consequences of this are most dire for children from under-resourced communities. McKinsey & Company...

Springboard Learning Accelerator data analysis

Context The most recent study from McKinsey estimates that Black students may fall behind by 10.3 months and Hispanic students by 9.2 months due to school closures. These effects can follow children for a lifetime, eclipsing their ability to ever fully realize their...

4 pain points, 1 FELA solution

As schools across the country wrestle with the challenging logistics of safely returning to classroom instruction, they are also working overtime to mitigate the pandemic’s impact on student learning for their most vulnerable subgroups. We’re learning that our school...

An Educator’s View: 6 Simple Steps for Parents and Teachers to Maximize Learning During COVID’s Second Wave

As we stare down the barrel of a second wave of school closures, we know one thing for certain: There’s no going around parents. Teachers must work with them and through them, or children will fall further behind with every passing day. The bad news? Most teachers and...

4 Lessons learned during Virtual Learning

As all educators know, shifting from in-person instruction to virtual learning has created a moment in time that has required quick learnings and rapid iterations. As a former teacher leader and current Springboard employee, I’ve taken what I learned about constantly...

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