Posts by Rebecca Midles
Are You Putting Learners First? Here are 8 Ways to Check Yourself
Shifting to a learner-centered design frame of mind is becoming more crucial in order to adapt to learners changing educational needs. Here are ways to ensure you are putting the learner first.
From Last Chance to First Choice: Alternative Schools That Show the Way Forward
By: T. Vander Ark & R. Midles. Tom and Rebecca share seven types of schools that provide a learner-centered alternative to traditional high schools.
Emancipating Equity for Learning Justice
Kelly Niccolls and Rebecca Midles discuss how we must dismantle the machine that is schooling and emancipate equity for learning justice.
Microschools Can Lead to Macro Change
Microschools have numerous benefits for students and a macro impact on the communities they exist within.
Getting Clearer: Schooling Loss, Not Learning Loss
By: Kelly Niccolls & Rebecca Midles. Students have experienced school loss and peer interaction loss, not learning loss. Kelly and Rebecca outline how educators can help students continue forward in their learning journey.
Your District Needs an Innovation Pathway
By: Rebecca Midles and Greg Gazanian. Rebecca and Greg share resources for finding new ways to support innovation within a pandemic and beyond.
Get the F Out
The pandemic has created new opportunities for how to define success for our students. It starts with getting rid of the "F".
The Art Of Teaching Has Been Overcompensating For The Science
With the rise of learning science, the art of teaching could evolve into a system, and learners would be truly at the center.
Personalized Learning Is Special Education and the Time Is Now
By: Karla Phillips-Krivickas and Rebecca Midles. Learned through shared experiences, Karla and Rebecca share how schools can design student-centered, personalized learning for all students.
Focusing on Learners and SEL: Looping Strategies to Welcome Learners Back
As social-emotional learning becomes more integrated into our systems of learning, we must consider a specific structure to tend to the whole child returning to some form of schooling in the fall, looping.