Learning Design
This topic covers topics from school and system design to the science of learning.
Leadership
Redefining Pre-Service Learning In The Virtual Age
Whether it’s modeling better virtual instruction, as well as increased emphasis on social-emotional learning, school leaders and professional learning facilitators are having to rethink how to prepare teachers for the school year. Â
Future of Learning
Microschools Meet The Moment
The board of the nonprofit VELA announced this week a $1 million Meet the Moment grant program to grow new microschool opportunities.
Learning Design
How Can We Make the Most of Synchronous and Asynchronous Time in Distance Learning?
By: Katie Martin. An outline of key shifts and considerations when designing for distance learning both in synchronous and asynchronous modes.
Learning Design
How To Bring a Cross-Curricular Approach to Your Instruction
By: L. Hixson. A cross-curricular approach to learning is an effective way to introduce students to multiple subjects and help them build critical thinking skills.
Future of Learning
New Standards of Quality: Minerva Baccalaureate and Debt Free College
Minerva recently launched a new brand called Minerva Baccalaureate. The new model will come with reimagined high school curriculum and instruction methods.
Future of Learning
How New Tech Schools Jumpstarted El Paso’s Education Transformation
In the second blog for a short series on school district transformation, Tom outlines how the school network New Tech Network helped to transform El Paso Independent Schoool District (EPISD).
Competency-Based Education
It’s Time to Reassess Our Understanding of the 4Cs
David outlines a new vision for the teaching and assessing of 21st century skills that is anchored in cultural awareness and differing ways of expressing competence.
Future of Learning
From Test Prep To Active Learning: The El Paso Transformation
In a new short series, Tom documents a seven-year transformation of an urban school district in crisis and focused on test prep to a national leader in active learning.
Learning Design
Climate at the Apex of Education Re-Design
By: Matt Piercy. Readers are introduced to the Interconnectedness of COVID-19 and equity, but also how climate change should be an integral part of the conversation when redesigning education.
Competency-Based Education
Mastery Learning in Action
Mastery Learning in Action, a paper recently published by the Mastery Transcript Consortium, offers a comparative structure based on visits and interview from five of its member schools.