Passion Projects and Peer Feedback: A Recipe for Work That Matters
In our latest check-in on Khan World School, we observe inspiring student-led projects, inquiry-based learning and personalized experiences.
Five Building Blocks in the New Architecture of High Schools
[…] instruction Strategies for combining multiple assessments to track growth and make mastery judgements Provisioning extra time and support for learners that need it Project-Based Learning Projects and inquiry-based experiences (both individual and team) provide opportunities for exploration and application across the curriculum. They may develop problem definition, data analysis, design, problem-solving and project management […]
What Could You Do with 5 Additional Hours of Time with Students Each Day?
[…] a bit differently? And, no, I’m not talking about old-school tracking. What if you had a school that ensured that every student had the basics of scientific inquiry down and knew how to look at scientific findings/opinions with a critical eye rather than preparing them to be biology majors? For those non-science majors, that […]
Building a Capstone Program: Rooting Education in the Growing Capacities of Youth
[…] displayed her dawning and resplendent capacities to a room full of people who mattered to her. What is a Capstone Program? At HPA, Capstones are year-long sustained inquiry, interdisciplinary projects that serve as a culminating academic and intellectual experience for students. We built a Capstone program to act as a performance space, a showcase […]
Citizenship Skills Support Durable Pathways
[…] as iCivics (which has launched Civix Now) , Facing History & Ourselves, Mikva Challenge, Educating for American Democracy, Thinking Nation and Institute for Citizens & Scholars (launched by ETS) focus on inquiry, original source documents, and discussion. These initiatives focus on both information and design. Education for American Democracy is a partnership between the Harvard Ethics Center and […]
Peer Mentoring Works…and Now It’s Scalable
[…] explain the information along with the why, and confirm understanding (tutor is still doing most of the talking). Socratic: introduction to learning how to learn–tutor models an inquiry-based questioning to help the student to arrive at insight and connections. MetaSocratic: the tutor is forming questions designed to help the student to form questions which […]
Inviting Learners into Work That Matters
[…] process to make a unique personal final product. Global Awareness Passage: the opportunity to see the world and help “create the world as it ought to be.” Logical Inquiry Passage: a mental challenge, following a process to discover an answer to a question or problem of personal relevance. The process includes framing and investigating a problem. […]
Schools Alive With Possibility
[…] pandemic accelerated connected learning–tech enabled blended learning with more take home devices and better access to broadband. And, while challenging during remote learning, interest in active learning– inquiry-driven, project-based, often community connected experiences–continued to grow. In metro Kansas City, 75 high schools in 31 systems are adding more #RealWorldLearning including internships, community connected projects, […]
Making Civic Learning Meaningful With And For Young People
[…] Public Library, and the National Museum of American History, curriculum developers from Re-Imagining Migration, and graphic notetaker Aaron Mayper to create a versatile tool that supports the design and development of inquiry-based civic learning experiences. Pairing the teens with learning-science-backed tools to help them mine their genius and craft playful solutions alongside peers and subject matter experts, iThrive’s […]
Centering Relationships at Anastasis Academy
Anastasis Academy in Colorado centers student relationships and a creative, spiraling, inquiry-driven curriculum to drive powerful, deeper student learning.
