Why Focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals in School Is Good for Students, Staff, Families, and the Broader Community
Coolidge High School in Washington, DC is using the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as the core of their Redesign journey with DC+XQ and focusing on Action Research, Global Experiences, and Wellness.
Real World Learning About Sustainability
Rachelle Dené Poth highlights some of the hands on learning students are doing in her classroom to better understand SDGs.
The Cognitive Age: Building Brains that Learn Better
[…] training to exploit it?” In other words, if we don’t know what the jobs of the future will be, the role of education has to change from preparing students for a knowable future to preparing them for an unknowable future in which they will have to continually learn and adapt. The late Peter Kline […]
Educating All Learners Alliance Launches Flagship Site, Shares Personas Educators Can Use to Understand Students’ Lived Experience During COVID-19
[…] the interactive personas and on the EALA website, which are geared toward ways to support vulnerable learners and students living with disabilities. For more, see: Equitybydesign.org educatingalllearners.org Preparing for a Healthy and Safe Return to School: Public School Facilities Planning in the Era of COVID-19 Schools Need a Success Coach for Every Learner Preparing […]
Four Strategies for School Leaders to Build Lasting and Positive Change during COVID-19
By: Heather Hiebsch & Dan Melendrez. This article draws on direct experiences from school administrators to share recommendations that can help us all as we work to finish out this unique and challenging school year.
Prioritize Building Relationships With Your Students: What Science Says
[…] students how to manage conflicts and self-regulate. Illustrative Examples:  How to Focus on Relationships Below we provide several illustrative examples to showcase how individual teachers, instructional specialists, principals, and schools have focused on building relationships. How One Teacher Sets Aside Time to Build Relationships with Students In a 2018 Edutopia article entitled Simple Relationship-Building Strategies, […]
Four Statewide EdTech Rollouts: What Works in Public Education
[…] getting, ask questions about its use, and network together to understand the specifics of the implementation. Following their initial announcement, virtual launch events for curriculum leads and principals across the state were held. The NH DOE has also prioritized continuing to communicate news and updates surrounding this initiative throughout the months leading up to […]
Arguing for Agency: One Student-led Classroom Debate at a Time
[…] current issue in our students’ lives in order to educate and empower them. Together, we are arguing for agency, one debate at a time. For more, see: Preparing for a Healthy and Safe Return to School: Public School Facilities Planning in the Era of COVID-19 The Better Arguments Project Educating All Learners Alliance Launches […]
Beyond the 4Cs: Empowering Youth in the 21st-Century
By: Connie Liu. Connie discusses the 4C’s framework, the skills that are most important for student success, and are principal components of becoming a 21st-century learner.
Charting a Course for Educational Transformation: The Power of Aligned Portraits
This blog dives into the transformative journey of educational leaders, anchored by four dynamic portraits: the Portrait of a Learner, the Portrait of a System, the Portrait of a Leader and the Portrait of an Educator.