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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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.
Place-Based Learning: Solid Ground in Troubled Waters
[…] shifting conditions – with field trips and in-class demonstrations scrapped, program providers last year used a combination of live Zoom sessions, pre-recorded media, and kits to engage students in projects at home or in nearby neighborhood locations. Through close relationships with the communities they serve, these partners played a key mediating role between remote […]
Our Students and Educators Are in Crisis But Not For The Reason You Think
[…] — EducationWeek, November 1, 2021 “Why So Many Teachers Are Thinking of Quitting” — The Washington Post Magazine, October 18, 2021 “Classroom Time Isn’t the Only Thing Students Have Lost” — The Atlantic, September 7, 2021 “Too Much Focus on ‘Learning Loss’ Will Be a Historic Mistake” — edutopia, April 16, 2021 “Even before […]
Closing the Opportunity Gap with Access to College-Level Courses for Every High School Learner
Every high school student in the country deserves the opportunity to try a college course in high school.
The Future of VR & AR in Education
[…] you know that there are 7 different learning styles: verbal, visual, musical/auditory, physical/kinesthetic, logical/mathematical, social, solitary, and a combination of a few of these; and moreover, each student, as a unique individual, finds different types of these learning styles most useful to them? Considering that as educators, teachers already have many different roles to […]
Transforming the Landscape of Education
[…] The modern father of education, John Dewey, imparted this wisdom. Yet, however many educators theoretically or philosophically know this to be true, how many actually will serve students in the actualization? Education is no longer a means to an end. Gone are the days where education was just a series of steps, with an […]
Students and Equity at the Heart of School Redesign
[…] school year the Indianapolis Public School District (IPS) team conducted a Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBLES) assessment and found that 64% of their K-3 students were below reading level. Chief Academic Officer Dr. Warren Morgan determined that literacy would need to be the top priority of the academic team, and decided […]
