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How Teacher Beliefs Transform Student Outcomes: The Impact of Collective Educator Agency
[…] motivates educators to collaborate when preparing lessons. They increasingly align policies and practices to reflect their shared vision that all students can succeed in college, career, and life. Advocate for students – When teachers share a collective belief that every student voice is as important as any other, they are motivated to advocate for their […]
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New Pathways
How The Principles of Experimentation Can Support Postsecondary Decision-Making
[…] I discovered years ago that all good chemistry lessons include student exploration and problem-solving–and that isn’t so different from the skills required to create a plan for life after high school. My classroom has about 90 sophomores, juniors, and seniors who take the class for a variety of reasons. It’s one of many classes […]
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Learner-Centered
Elevating Student Voice through Voice Leadership Camps and the MViP Books
[…] Voice Leadership Camp for Children, and Voice Positioning Training for Educators. Why has voice been such a large part of your work? As children, we learn critical lessons about our voice. One of the most prevalent lessons handed down through the generations is, “Children should be seen and not heard.” Recognizing the negative impact […]
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Leadership
Student Leadership: The Ultimate Course for Career and Life Readiness
[…] the experience almost daily. I didn’t realize it then, but now I think this might have been the complete course to prepare students for college, career, and life in a project-focused, globalized and collaborative world. This is why: Real-World Problem Solving As I started this new position, I learned that the school had recently […]
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Leadership
New Film Addresses Mental Health By Challenging Us To ‘Listen’ To Our Youth Voice
[…] a story that I hoped would inspire youth, adults, and educators to realize the importance of shared empathy and how the act of listening can change a life,” said Christopher. The film shows the life of the students, parents, and school staff outside of school. The audience follows the characters into their homes and […]
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Equity & Access
Pandemic Opportunity: Rethink Education Accountability
[…] less awful year-end test for another won’t fix the problems. It’s time to update the mission of the school, focus on competencies that matter in work and life, and build new measurement systems that focus on the growth of individual learners (more than the end of year grade level proficiency) and take advantage of […]
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Career & Technical Ed
Human Work: Learn Stuff Computers Can’t Do
[…] engages our full range of abilities and capabilities.” He argues for breaking down traditional walls between work and learning with earlier access to work-based learning and a lifetime of access to learning opportunities. Like the real-world learning initiative in Kansas City that will result in high school graduates with valuable experiences and credentials, Merisotis urges […]
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Future of Learning
Is Entrepreneurship the Antidote to Student Anxiety?
[…] them, and pick themselves up after adversity. At Westlake High School in Austin, Texas, that begins with students asking an important question: “What bugs me in my life?” The idea is that if it bugs the student, it probably bugs other people, too. Through a course called INCubatoredu, students consider whether a solution to that problem […]
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Equity & Access
Pharrell Launches Whole Child Nonprofit to Even the Odds
[…] and analogue experiences that all work together to educate children. Inspire entrepreneurship: We prepare children to be innovators and change-makers, and help them bring their ideas to life. Working with industry leaders and promoting skills aligned to the future, YELLOW creates entrepreneurial pathways for all youth. Nourish youth: Social, emotional and physical well-being represent […]
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Equity & Access
Guidance Gap: The Biggest Challenge We Face and How to Close It
[…] career pathways through work-based learning have a big leg up. In fact, the guidance gap may be a bigger barrier to more young people achieving success in life than the achievement gap. Every learner should know how they’re doing, what’s next and where they are headed. Every learner deserves an advisor that can answer […]
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