M3 Activities

M3: Analyzing Your State’s Funding

• Alignments: 10j
• Description: Synchronous or asynchronous discussion. Students will critically analyze their state’s education funding formula and spending using EdBuild’s FundED National Policy Map and the Education Data Initiative’s U.S. Public Education Spending Statistics, then reflect on their findings in a brief video.
• M3 Analyzing Your State’s Funding

M3: District Policy

• Alignments: 9o, 10p
• Description: Synchronous group discussion. For this activity, students will explore district policies to understand what is expected of them beyond federal or state requirements, ensuring they can comply with these policies in their professional future.
• M3 District Policy

M3: KWL Discussion

• Alignments: 9o, 10j, 10l, 10p
• Description: Asynchronous discussion or reflection. Students will critically engage with course material by tracking preconceptions, new learnings, and questions.

M3: Me As A Future Educator

• Alignments: 9o, 10j, 10l
• Description: Reflection. Students will write a reflective essay envisioning themselves as teachers five years after graduating, describing their values, the school governance model of their future workplace, and analyzing potential funding disparities and their impacts on students.
• M3 Me As A Future Educator

M3: Systemic Racism Explained

• Alignments:10j, 10l
• Description: Synchronous or asynchronous discussion. Students will watch the video “Systemic Racism Explained,” discuss how redlining has impacted educational opportunities, and propose solutions to address these issues.
• M3 Systemic Racism Explained

M3: The Dilemma of Public School Funding

• Alignments: 10l
• Description: Synchronous or asynchronous discussion. Students will watch Lizbeth Ramirez’s TEDx Talk “The Dilemma of Public School Funding,” discuss how state funding formulas marginalize students, and propose solutions to improve school funding equity.
• M3 The Dilemma of Public School Funding