Schools Worth Visiting
For many years (at least until 2020), we visited about 100 innovative schools a year. It’s the most important form of professional learning we do for ourselves and for the educators that accompany us. It’s how we create and update a shared vision of powerful learning. This page features some…
Expressing Learning Journeys Through Digital Portfolios
Rachelle Dene Poth shares versatile tech tools for teachers to help students build a digital portfolio.
The 12 Shifts for Student-Centered Hybrid Environments
With remote and hybrid learning staying on the horizon, it's critical to understand: how have expert education practitioners worldwide successfully adapted their practice in the uncertain education climate?
How Digital Portfolios Empower Student Ownership of Learning
By: Kathy Rogers. “When one teaches, two learn.” This quote from Robert Heinlein has resonated with me throughout my 28 years in education. In my career, I’ve employed a variety of instructional strategies, but a constant has been my desire to connect with my students to help them—and me—learn and…
Think Global, Act Local: How to Embed SDGs in your school and Community
How can students take action on sustainable development goals within the context of their own curriculum and communities? Kyle Wagner explores 8 models from 8 innovative schools and programs leading the charge.
5 Ways to Make All Students Lead Learners
Teaching is the highest form of learning. Yet many students never have the opportunity to become lead learners where they learn at the highest level by having the responsibility of teaching others. Check out five ways all educators can expand the opportunity for all students to learn at the highest level by all becoming teachers.
Beyond Report Cards: Louisville Students Use Portfolios to Curate and Defend Their Personal Learning Record
The close of the school year brings the joy of graduation and promotion ceremonies across the country. Students, teachers, and parents reflect on the learning and growth of the past year and look forward to the new opportunities and experiences in the school year to come. As a way to…
Choosing the Right Tools for Amplifying Learning Through PBL
Rachelle Dene Poth shares ideas on resources for students to extend learning through PBL and the digital tools to make that happen.
4 Tiers Of Showcasing Student Work
The more we showcase student work - exhibitions, other events, digital spaces, and entering contests - the more students care about producing high-quality work.
Empowering Students Through Sharing
This is part 1 of a 4 part series about how student engagement increases when students share their learning. When students are provided an opportunity to publicly share their knowledge about something they have learned, they are given more opportunity to take ownership of their work, which demonstrates that…
