Celebrating Hispanic Heritage
To honor Hispanic Heritage Month, learners from elementary, middle, and high school were invited to showcase their proud bilingualism that reflects the rich multicultural background they bring to the classroom.
How Teaching Entrepreneurship Helped One Teacher ‘Build a Bridge and Get Over It’
Lyquisha Ballard shares how entrepreneurship changed her educator experience.
The Self-Employment Surge is Real: Can It Survive a Recession?
Students in a time of crisis believe that their best career bet is creating their own business, and more colleges and universities are responding by rolling out entrepreneurship programs.
Students Are Calling BS on High School and Opportunity Knocks
Schools talk a lot about personalizing learning, of meeting kids where they are, and yet we see most high schools continue forward with prescribed, discipline-specific courses that continues to isolate disciplines from one another despite the fact that they are highly interrelated.
How Systems and States Can Encourage Better Project-Based Learning
Projects develop critical skills including problem definition, design thinking, problem-solving, communications, collaboration, and project management.
Navigating Education While Blindfolded
How often are students asked what they really care about? How often are they provided time to observe their environment and determine problems? What happens if we begin to ask these questions?
Alter Ego: Using Values to Fight Peer Pressure
When our self-integrity is threatened even momentarily, we are more likely to conform to others who offer validation, even when their views are wrong, reckless, or hateful.
The Rooted School Network: Experiencing Success in College and Work in High School
Rooted Schools exist to provide “personal pathways to financial freedom" and is emerging as a national microschool network blending college credit, work experience and industry credentials (a nimble, next-gen P-TECH cousin) with strong supports in student-centered environments.
How Data-Informed Instructional Coaching Programs Support Teachers and Improve Academic Outcomes
As schools and teachers work to help students get back on track academically, support for teachers is vital. Data-informed instructional coaching programs can help schools and districts in their academic recovery efforts.
Perfection is a 2nd Rate Idea
Education does not need perfection, standardization of humans, and measures without much meaning. We need human-centered systems focused on growth.