Place Based Education

Yoga Ed. Addresses Trauma Through Teacher, Student Self-Care

[…] as well as facilitate curriculum for physical education, health education, indoor recess, teacher health and wellness programs and ultimately yoga and mindfulness classes to support existing SEL instruction. A New Urgency, Awareness The time is now more than ever, according to Caleda. She says that our society has been experiencing increasing collective trauma. This […]

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Place Based Education

The Trail to Recovery: Addressing Learning Gaps Through Project-Based Learning

[…] when considering the best way to address this issue. This trail includes; 1) project-based learning, 2) engaging students in collaboration, 3) enrichment 4) field trips. 5) experiential/hands-on instruction. This advice makes a lot of sense. It aligns with recent research by The University of Michigan that showed project-based learning with an emphasis on experiential techniques […]

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Difference Making

Post-Pandemic Education: Public-Private Partnerships Are Critical in Developing Countries

[…] institutions run by dedicated education entrepreneurs in the community. TFET was created to address two of the schools’ biggest challenges: the lack of qualified teachers and classroom instruction based on rote learning and memorization. Even prior to the pandemic there was an urgent need to focus on equipping teachers in the developing world with […]

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EdTech

California Revamping Math Frameworks: The Need For Data Science, Equity and Deeper Learning

[…] the Next Generation Science Standards, and a push for deeper learning to name a few. But possibly due for an overhaul more than anything might be math instruction. California is taking this head-on by preparing to announce new math frameworks. Although these new frameworks will not be finalized until this fall, major shifts are already […]

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Competency-Based Education

Getting Smart Town Hall Recap: Let’s Talk About C.B.E.: Competency-Based Everything

[…] standards-based and CBE. Our problem in our country is that we call standards-referenced, standards-based and makes it harder for people to understand that using standards helps improve instruction and assessment and makes learning transparent to kids. BUT the next and powerful change is to build the capacity to meet kids where they are, providing […]

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Future of Learning

Creativity Made Easy: How Your Students Can Practice the Skill for the 21st-Century

[…] programs and high-intensity tutoring. We are trying to catch up and in doing so we need to ask ourselves if we are promoting more memorization, more top-down instruction? Are we eliminating creativity? Is that the kind of education we need to produce students who think creatively and independently? The pandemic has created many problems […]

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Green Schools

How Sustainable is Your District? Use the GreenPrint from Green Schools National Network

[…] change endures. GSNN believes healthy, equitable, and sustainable schools can only be achieved through whole-district/whole-school transformation that engages four interdependent systems that define a school: Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction, Culture and Climate, and Facilities and Operations. Equity matters. GSNN believes students from all backgrounds and zip codes and regardless of social identities, including gender, sexual […]

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Getting Through

A Lifeboat in an Education Crisis: Supporting Educators through Inclusive Actions

[…] high school special education teacher, Kareem Neal. In this case study, he discusses the online tools and strategies he used to connect with his students during remote instruction amidst the stay-at-home orders of the pandemic.  So EALA has the Resource Library, which provides resources from case studies, to resource compilations, to strategies that you […]

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Rebundling

A Podpourri of Learning Options: Pods, Hubs, and Microschools in the Wake of the Pandemic

[…] instructed by a Black instructor. Other findings included: Over two thirds of pod families saw benefits for their child Families valued student-centered environments Families relying on remote instruction were less satisfied Pods helped families gain information about and influence over their child’s education Pod brought families together–often for good, sometimes not Families tended to […]

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Ed3

Education is about to radically change: AI for the masses

[…] education in a variety of ways, from the way students learn to the way teachers teach. AI-based tools will allow students to learn faster, with more personalized instruction tailored to their individual needs. AI can also help teachers track student progress, allowing them to intervene in learning when necessary and provide more effective instruction. […]

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