Place Based Education
Posts by Mary Ryerse
EdTech
12 Ways to use Inside Out to Teach SEL, STEM, and Life’s Ups & Downs
Now that you’ve seen the movie (or even if you haven’t), here are 12 ways teachers and parents can help kids extend and apply what they saw in the movie to use as a springboard to teach about the brain, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), and life in general.
Personalized Learning
You Can Thank Mom for More than the Meal Itself: Family Dinner Matters
As part of our Smart Parents series, Mary- educator and mother of 3 boys- brings us all the latest research around why those family dinners really matter, and the role moms play in their children's learning. Happy Mother's Day!
Leadership
10 Things the Human Resources Department Should Do to Advance Next-Gen Learning
As the learning landscape continues to change for students, teachers, and administrators, it creates new challenges and opportunities for school districts and network support services, especially Human Resources.
Personalized Learning
Music Builds Maker Mindsets: The Power of the Performing Arts
How music fosters cross-curricular learning and builds an innovation mindset - combining effort, initiative, and collaboration. Through powerful experiences with music, students learn that they can take the initiative to create something special.
Personalized Learning
Lessons for Learning and Life: 10 Messages Parents (and Teachers) Can Teach Kids
Parents are in a unique position to help their children draw connections between what they are learning and doing (in school, activities, community service, family conversations, and more) with enduring life lessons.
Series
Beyond Information: Engaging Parents (and Students) in Choosing Great Schools
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute recently partnered with GreatSchools in asking -- "What is the future of parent Information?" with the premise that it’s not enough to just inform parents, but that we have a responsibility to engage parents and students.
Personalized Learning
NCAA Tail Wagging the Dog of Learning
As learning opportunities for students are expanding, the NCAA is playing academic czar, deciding which courses count towards NCAA eligibility - and those that don’t.
Ed Policy
Guiding and Personalizing College & Career Readiness
With robust blended, distributed and scheduling processes, not only can more students walk across the graduation stage with a diploma, but also with strong academic preparation and a meaningful plan to go with it.
EdTech
Twin Cities Startup Weekend Education Event a Hit
Co-Authored by Chris Hesselbein and Mary Ryerse. Unfortunately, teachers are often so taxed by the immediate needs of their own students that they rarely have the time or resources to bring their solutions to scale.
Personalized Learning
Connecting Learning and Life: Naviance
So, the next time a student asks, “When will I ever use Geometry in my future?”, hopefully we can help that student see how completing this course helps him or her achieve future goals.