Future of Learning

The Role of Student Roles

[…] others how we function within a larger group, company, organization or project. The What Throughout the history of modern education, we have created and utilized students’ roles. Teachers would assign, often in the elementary levels, students to perform certain tasks – such as attendance, cafeteria support, cleaning up or more. At the secondary level, […]

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Future of Learning

Invention Opportunity: Measuring What Matters

[…] growth in the learners’ knowledge, habits, and skills. Principle 3: To empower lifelong learners we need to implement learning cycles that shift the leadership of the experiences from teacher-led to co-led and then to student-led. In this cycle, the student initially sees, owns, and then drives the learning. Evaluation and understanding are critical components of each […]

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Future of Learning

Insights From the InspirED Fellowship

[…] view of what expectations might be for Nevada’s graduates. As I engaged in design thinking, empathy interviews brought me the topic of student engagement. In distance learning, teachers struggle to modify their lessons to engage and inspire students in a virtual class. Many rely on performative gestures such as requiring cameras to be on […]

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Personalized Learning

Four Things We Can Learn from Australia’s Focus on Student Well-being

[…] a movement in K-12 education that not only prioritizes student mental health but makes social-emotional learning an integral part of the school experience. In classrooms across America, teachers are helping students learn to manage emotions, achieve goals, demonstrate empathy, maintain healthy relationships and make responsible decisions — a strategy promoted by the U.S.-based Collaborative for […]

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Equity & Access

Equity and ESSER: Why You Should Prioritize Supporting Students With Disabilities With Your Federal COVID Relief Dollars

[…] with disabilities with our use of these federal dollars. Three Ways Federal Covid Relieve Dollars Can Help Students With Disabilities 1. It’s time to invest in learning—for teachers.  Historically, we ask children with disabilities to adapt due to inadequate support and resources at our schools. One of the best ways to change our approach […]

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Future of Learning

50CAN’s 2022 Policy Goals: Believe in a Better Future

[…] In 2022, we’ll build toward this vision by: At ConnCAN, continuing to fight for student-centered funding and diversifying the educator workforce, so that students have access to teachers who share their background. At DelawareCAN, taking next steps to reform Delaware’s school funding formula from a unit-based system and outlining in law the expectations, engagements […]

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Getting Through

Schools Need a Success Coach for Every Learner

By: Bennison Ntsakey, Ali Brown and Eric Tucker This will be the most challenging school year teachers, administrators, and families have ever experienced. With evolving guidance and sometimes conflicting recommendations, schools must think beyond hand sanitizer and virtual learning plans; while safety is essential, there’s a much wider range of student needs to account […]

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Difference Making

Values-Driven Learning in Hawai’i Helps Learners Find What They Are SEEQing

[…] Essential Questions of Sustainability, located in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Cushman-Patz and her four co-collaborators, including Josh Reppun (host of the What School Could Be Podcast), were once fellow teachers in a traditional independent school, frustrated by the structures that limited their ability to teach in a more innovative way, one that would allow more freedom […]

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EdTech

Teaching AI to All Students

[…] and also the importance of privacy.   In education, AI is making it possible to provide more personalized learning experiences for students. By automating tasks that take teachers more time, AI facilitates these tasks so that time can be spent with students providing one-to-one feedback. Digital tools with AI integrations like Quizizz for example create […]

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