Place Based Education
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Equity & Access
Equity and ESSER: Why Now is the Perfect Time for Schools to Invest in Educator Diversity
[…] the communities they serve. Key steps: Build partnerships with local community colleges and four-year colleges and universities Pay teachers-to-be during their training year in the classroom Consider student loan forgiveness Create incentives for support staff, including tutors and aides, to become fully credentialed teachers These are challenging times for education leaders everywhere. But amid […]
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New Pathways
Partnerships Power Innovative St Vrain Valley Pathways
First generation students at Skyline High School in Longmont, Colorado have the opportunity to gain high tech work experience and earn an Associate of Applied Science Degree with their high school diploma. The FalconTECH academy at Skyline combines work-based learning at IBM and an accelerated degree pathway with Front Range Community College. Serving its seventh cohort, […]
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Difference Making
Why Focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals in School Is Good for Students, Staff, Families, and the Broader Community
[…] There are few things more rewarding, as an educator, than seeing young people spontaneously make real world connections to what they learn in the classroom. When 36 students joined a trip to the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York City, school staff overheard them reflecting on World History I content while the tour […]
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Learning Design
A Key Component of Student Voice
By: Lindsay Lyons. Lindsay outlines two key ideas that are at the heart of students’ success: niching content and amplifying student voice.
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Competency-Based Education
Amplifying Student Voice to Design the Vision for Learning
The iterative process of launching a microschool is challenging, but continuously engaging student voice in the process can elevate student learning and create shared ownership in a vision for learning.
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New Pathways
Khan World School – One Year Later
[…] by the pandemic, has led to the launch of hundreds of new small learning environments across the country. Artificial intelligence promises to improve personalizing learning, provide every student with a learning coach and free up time for educators to build stronger relationships with young people. Mastery and competency-based approaches are gaining momentum as states […]
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Learning Design
How To Bring a Cross-Curricular Approach to Your Instruction
By Linda R. Hixson A cross-curricular approach to learning is an effective way to introduce students to multiple subjects and help them build critical thinking skills. An effective transdisciplinary learning activity invites students to apply various skills while also learning about real-world applications. TGR EDU: Explore is a program from TGR Foundation and Discovery Education that […]
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Future of Learning
Camera ON or Camera OFF? It’s a Complicated Question
In a face-to-face classroom, teachers rely on non-verbal cues: looks of confusion or clarity; the ability to sit with a student and read their body language; even the general mood or vibe of a class. All of these signals help educators to shift instruction, provide feedback, and meet the needs of their students. When […]
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Personalized Learning
Embracing Partners: 7 Human Resources of PBL
By: Michael Niehoff. Michael outlines the partners that should be involved in project-based learning when creating authenticity and high-quality student work.
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Personalized Learning
5 Ways to Support Students’ Personal Brand Equity
[…] us unique, and how we might communicate any of this to others. This is not about self-promotion, but rather about maximizing our best self to others. For students, how can we teach this invaluable concept long before they start their careers? Here are five primary ways: 1. Portfolios Forget AP scores, weighted GPAs, and […]
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