The Parabola Project offers education leaders tools and strategies to minimize health risks while maximizing learning when reopening schools.
Ariadne Labs and The Learning Accelerator launched the Parabola Project to help school system leaders identify options for school reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Parabola Project draws on expertise from both the education and health communities to rapidly develop evidence-informed tools.
Resources include:
School Reopening Readiness Guide
Enabling Systems and Structures
School Reopening Readiness Guide
The School Reopening Readiness Guide is designed to assist district and school leaders in developing, evaluating, and executing your operational plans to reopen schools for in-person learning, as well as in assessing your readiness to implement these plans. It is also available as a document, which can be saved as a PDF for offline viewing.
Ongoing Leadership Processes
Communicating About Reopening Measures with Families
Indicators to Support School Closure & Reopening
Process for a Positive COVID-19 Case Among Staff/Student(s)
Enabling Systems and Structures
Bus Driver Support
Cohorting Students for In-Person Instruction
School Air Quality Assessment Guide
Step-by-Step Options for Serving Meals
Essential Supports
How to Prepare and Care for Your Classroom
Learning Together in Socially Distanced Classrooms
Mask Culture
Starting Points for Identifying and Supporting Individual Student Needs
Teacher-Parent/Guardian Engagement Tool
Project Partners
The Parabola Project is a partnership between Ariadne Labs and The Learning Accelerator. Funding has been provided by the One8 Foundation.