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Leadership

Learning Leadership Skills Outdoors: Place-Based Ed in the Puget Sound

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Nov 30, 2016

By: Roberta McFarland. Students in the Waskowitz Environmental Leadership & Service program participate in place-based learning experiences that help them develop leadership skills as well as choose their next steps for college and career.

Project-Based Learning

Business Partnerships in PBL…What Does That Really Mean?

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Nov 29, 2016

By: Tony Donen. In my work as principal at STEM School Chattanooga, I have found several cost friendly and mutually beneficial solutions that connect businesses, students and teachers that I call "Business Partner PBL."

EdTech

Keeping Up with the Evolution of Learning Media (on a Budget)

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Nov 26, 2016

By: Brian Alexander. Today’s effective learning media has been found to engage learners on a level that aids in the retention of the materials, making it an important part of any teacher’s toolbox.

Personalized Learning

How a Principal Inspired an Innovative Classroom Audio System

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Nov 26, 2016

By: Dolores Gribouski. During my time as an elementary school principal, here is how my team and I collaborated with an audio technology company to create an innovative and needed classroom audio system for our school.

Personalized Learning

8 Video Resources for Authentic Project-Based Learning Design

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Nov 24, 2016

By: Grace Belfiore. It can be hard to implement project-based learning, but it helps to be able to see teachers using PBL in their own classrooms. Here are eight top videos focusing on the process of implementing PBL.

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EdTech

3 Strategies For Building a School Community Through Technology

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Nov 24, 2016

By: Yvonne Blinde. We all know technology can enhance teaching and learning outcomes, but it can also help schools create beneficial and supportive relationships between teachers, administrators, parents and students.

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Future of Learning

Three Ways to Design Better Classrooms and Learning Spaces

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Nov 23, 2016

By: Danish Kurani. When it comes to thinking about the design of classrooms, we are woefully behind. Here are three ways to plan new learning spaces for the ever-changing educational needs of future generations.

Ed Policy

6 Ways States Can Redefine Student Success and Transform Education Under ESSA

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Nov 22, 2016

By: Dale Frost and Maria Worthen. iNACOL's "Meeting The Every Student Succeeds Act’s Promise: State Policy to Support Personalized Learning" report provides specific recommendations on how state policymakers can take advantage of ESSA opportunities.

Place Based Education

Putting the City at the Heart Of Place-Based Education

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Nov 21, 2016

By: Daniel A. Rabuzzi. Place-Based Education practitioners seem to frame “place” primarily as rural or wild, with few examples featuring urban landscapes. Since the majority of us live in urban areas, let's also include PBE in the city.

Leadership

Preparing #LifeReady Students Through World Language

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Nov 20, 2016

By: Renee A. Foose, Ed.D. The Howard County Public School System built a World Language Program its so students can enter today’s increasingly globalized world with in-demand, marketable skills and the cultural competency for college and careers.

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From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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