Place Based Education
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Making the Most of Distance Learning
[…] down, districts were in crisis mode, racing to do something that had never been done before. The primary goal of emergency distance learning was to check-in, engage students, and make sure they were safe. Virtual learning and distance learning can be far more robust and engaging when teachers have time to prepare for it. […]
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Future of Learning
Telling Stories in the Digital Age
[…] continuing to build those relationships that are so fundamental to the learning that happens in our classrooms. One way that I really enjoy getting to know my students is by the different types of work and projects that I offer them in my classes. For many years, I was assigning projects with specifics about […]
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Future of Learning
Designing Schools for Shared Use: A Pandemic Silver Lining
[…] and public recreation organizations offers the synergy needed for world-class learning. Shared use facilities more easily facilitate a cross pollination of ideas through shared programming and expose students to businesses and organizations already working to address pressing local, national, and global problems. Barrier to Achieving Shared Use Facilities With these driving forces nudging us […]
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EdTech
8 Tech Tools for Teachers
[…] some type of remote or hybrid learning environment, it is helpful to have a variety of options for creating different types of learning experiences that also promote student engagement. Having taught fully online for the first nine weeks of school, I explored new ideas for designing lessons and for helping me with the workflow. […]
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Future of Learning
Why Learner-Centered Education is the Key to Meaningful School Improvement
[…] long known that one-size-fits all approaches to teaching and learning are insufficient. Through extraordinary effort, they have figured out ways to differentiate and personalize learning for their students. They have done so despite an industrial-era education paradigm that makes it very difficult to do so. Over time, some of their efforts were named, systematized, […]
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Future of Work
The Future of Work: Assessing Skills Essential for Success
[…] born in the years 1957 to 1964 held an average of 12.4 jobs from age 18 to age 54. In order to successfully traverse their careers, today’s students will need transferrable, essential skills to optimize success as they will likely have as many, if not more jobs as previous generations. Employers agree that […]
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Future of Learning
The Perfect Storm: A Focus on Students’ Future
[…] there was a North Carolina Court ruling against eight of its largest high schools starkly stating they were performing “academic genocide” for their primarily low socio-economic minority students, reporting that the state needed to provide more funding to close the significant disparity of academic outcomes for their students. Fast forward 16 years, Charlotte’s Olympic […]
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Leadership
The White House is Right: It’s Time for Schools to Invest in Student Success
Like all Americans, students have experienced undue hardship over the past two years as the pandemic forced them out of school and climbing cases put them at risk when school doors reopened. The recession, followed by rising food and gas prices, have caused financial instability and many families lost their income during long lockdowns. […]
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Future of Learning
Two High School Students Create STEM Program
[…] Sayan and Sohil Bhatia co-founded Start STEM Early as a nonprofit organization. Over the past three years, they have been sharing their knowledge and experience with younger students by teaching the basics of mobile app development to students across the nation. Their mission is to increase interest in STEM among young students through curated […]
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EdTech
Analyzing Data: Helping Students Build Digital Literacy Skills
Becoming data literate helps students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills, better communicate ideas, and be equipped with the 21st-century skills they need now and for the future. Rachelle Dené Poth explores data literacy and the resources available through SAS.
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