• Contact Us

    Emma Prillaman

    eprillaman@epe.org

  • Where

    Dallas Renaissance Hotel

    2222 N Stemmons Fwy

    Dallas, TX 75207

    (214) 631-2222

  • When

    Thursday – Friday

    November 3-4, 2022

Emma Kate Fittes

Staff Reporter | EdWeek Market Brief

Emma Kate Fittes is a staff writer for EdWeek Market Brief. Previously, she reported on statewide education issues and policy in Indiana, covering everything from state funding to school takeovers to COVID-19 closures. She’s also covered suburban and rural districts as a K-12 beat reporter.

All Sessions by Emma Kate Fittes

  • Day 1 - November 3rd

    Thursday

  • 09:15  - 10:00
    District leaders grappled with myriad crises during the pandemic. Entering a new school year, in-person instruction is once again the norm, but many challenges abound: staffing shortages, uncertainty about the future federal funding cliff, and questions about the long-term impact of unfinished learning during the COVID. In this session, we talk with a group of district leaders about how they plan to address the biggest challenges on the horizon – and what support they need from companies providing curriculum, assessment, professional development, social-emotional support, and other services. We ask how they and their district management teams are setting academic priorities for a post-pandemic learning environment, and what education companies have to do to prove their value and win the district’s trust.

  • 11:45  - 12:00
    It’s one of the most common complaints that districts have about the companies working with them – that they don’t do enough to help implement products, post-sale. In this flash briefing, EdWeek Market Brief Staff Writer Emma Kate Fittes will break down highlights from an EdWeek Research Center survey of K-12 officials on where they think companies tend to go wrong on product implementation, and what key points of support districts need.
    Flash Briefing

  • Day 2 - November 4th

    Friday

  • 10:45  - 11:30
    Many of the spending decisions districts are asked to make are high-stakes. When it comes to investing in the sorts of tools and platforms that power instruction and shape district management, it’s a process of delegation and collaboration involving administrators across academic and technology departments, and in some cases, teachers. In this panel, we’ll talk with district officials who have been immersed in this decision-making about the process they follow, how they try to cultivate buy-in across the system, how the pandemic may have changed the process they follow, and what support and collaboration they expect from the companies seeking to partner with their school systems. We’ll also look at the extent to which federal stimulus funding has allowed districts to innovate or plug holes created during the COVID era.
    Panel Discussion




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