Leadership

What Educators Need: Building Cultures of Trust in an Era of Top-Down Educational Legislation

[…] and policies with fewer obstacles to quality teaching and learning.  Jennifer D. Klein is a product of experiential project-based education herself, and she lives and breathes the student-centered pedagogies used to educate her. She is a former head of school with extensive international experience and over thirty years in education, including nineteen in the […]

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Future of Learning

Preparing for the Future: Building Interest in Computer Science

The need for students to develop skills in coding and in STEM related fields is growing however there are either real or perceived barriers to providing these opportunities for students. What resources are available?

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Equity & Access

How 3 States Are Eliminating Barriers to Dual Enrollment for Students with Disabilities

[…] has decades of experience in state and federal policy, and currently serves as a Senior Advisor at KnowledgeWorks where she helps states build education systems that support student-centered learning. In all her work, Karla channels her professional and personal experiences to passionately advocate for all students, especially those with disabilities. This post is part […]

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Learner-Centered

Why Your Students Need a Manifesto

Students today can benefit from having a personal manifesto, which is a statement of purpose and a script for action to anchor you in your values when you’re faced with dilemmas. Educators can help students create their personal manifesto with a flexible series of exercises, which can then be shared with a larger group to deepen their understanding of each other.

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New Pathways

Khan World School – One Year Later

Multiple education innovations are converging rapidly to build better experiences for all young people. The microschool movement, long established but accelerated 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 […]

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