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EdTech

The Ready Player One Test: Systems for Personalized Learning

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Aug 14, 2023

We can examine how regeneration can support innovative pedagogy in immersive learning environments by digging a little deeper. Dagan Bernstein shares more in their latest post.

With the help of professors and scholars at Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, the student team conducted experiments to learn more about the nutrients in fish

Project-Based Learning

How Challenge Based Learning Helps Students Around the World Make a Difference on the Sustainable Development Goals

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Aug 8, 2023

While there are many frameworks for hands-on, project-based learning, Digital Promise embraces Challenge Based Learning for its ability to empower students and teachers to be co-learners.

Future of Learning

Viva la Revolución

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Aug 7, 2023

After recognizing that the current design of school was not working, Chris Unger began his quest to seek out new school designs that far better serve youth and their future. Read about his new book in his latest post.

Place Based Education

Elementary Students Speak About Their Unique Learning Environment

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Aug 3, 2023

Eden Park Elementary School stands out as an exemplary model of genuine student empowerment where 3rd-5th graders in the Learning Community have a tremendous amount of control to determine how they flow through the day.

Place Based Education

The Future-Ready School: Harnessing the Power of Learning Communities in Education

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Jul 20, 2023

By embracing innovation, collaboration, and a forward-thinking mindset, Eden Park Elementary shows how to engage students effectively, support their emotional growth, and foster resilient educational environments.

Equity & Access

Elevating Women Educators is More Important Than Ever

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Jul 18, 2023

Women fill the significant majority of teaching roles in schools, yet they hold fewer than a third of superintendent positions nationwide. School districts must enact deliberate programs to develop female leadership pipelines.

Future of Learning

From Classroom to Adulthood: The Importance of Talent Development from an Early Age

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Jul 11, 2023

Instead of focusing solely on passing state assessments, remediating to address gaps, or identifying students for advanced academic programming, schools must become a place where all children can develop their talents.

Project-Based Learning

Project-Based Learning Programs Support Creativity and Entrepreneurship in Specialized Space

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Jul 10, 2023

Project-based education takes a distinct approach to teaching and learning that encourages hands-on, interactive experiences. Forest Hills School District supports multiple project-based programs that are successfully utilizing a renovated space that was designed specifically for this type of curriculum.

Flexible classroom with whiteboards, student artwork hanging from ceiling, café-style tables, and cozy seating areas

Learner-Centered

Centering Relationships at Anastasis Academy

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Jun 19, 2023

Anastasis Academy in Colorado centers student relationships and a creative, spiraling, inquiry-driven curriculum to drive powerful, deeper student learning.

Learner-Centered

Learning as a Collective

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Jun 14, 2023

The first step toward having schools bring together the collective is for schools to treat learners as members of a collective.

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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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