Closing the Loop on Excellence
[…] stakeholders in the learning organization. Through data-informed discussions and culturally responsive pedagogy, the barriers of access were eliminated. Classroom practitioners would target grade-level text for a shared reading activity (i.e., tier I of the MTSS Framework) with content that focused on resilience and self-management skills. This hybrid connected two phenomena – text structure and […]
Values-Driven Learning in Hawai’i Helps Learners Find What They Are SEEQing
The School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability in Hawai’i connects learners with real-world problems and purpose.
Stop, Look, and Listen: Kilo
[…] our school, from prehistory, through the present, and into the speculative future world where water is simultaneously too high and too scarce. Dr. Hussey talks about “ reading the world,” the texts that surround us. We can do this by being curious, by observing, by reading “the immediate spaces we are in,” and by […]
Four Statewide EdTech Rollouts: What Works in Public Education
[…] for Discovery Education. Dr. Beerer has more than 35 years of experience in education. She began her career as a classroom teacher. Dr. Beerer served as a reading specialist and an elementary principal as well as a Supervisor of Curriculum and Professional Development. In her last role, she was the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, […]
What Could You Do with 5 Additional Hours of Time with Students Each Day?
[…] teacher. Deep, deep inquiry. Internships, job shadows, conducting research alongside college students – and graduates who are incredibly prepared for their next steps. Since English skills ( reading, writing, thinking, listening, speaking, writing, presenting, discussing, debating) occur in every discipline and in most, if not all, contexts, why relegate it to a class? What […]
Organizing a Modern Edtech Stack for Modern Pedagogy, Part I: The SIS
[…] diverse given the form and function restrictions dictated by state compliance and widespread usage demanding universal design across more personas. In short, a different assortment of math, reading or STEM applications can surface every week in a school’s list of apps teachers are using but a student information system (SIS) or learning management system […]
Credentialing Everything: A Primer on Learning and Employment Records and Digital Wallets
[…] all Learning and Employment Records – a verifiable record of lifetime learning in one shareable space owned by the individual. “Verifiable credentials are the most ideally suited standard for educational credentials. They extend digital trust to individuals, allowing them to hold their records and exchange them in secure, reliable, privacy-preserving ways. Together with decentralized […]
New Standards of Quality: Minerva Baccalaureate and Debt Free College
For half a century, the initials AP and IB signified high school quality. The assessment systems are challenging and require a lot of reading and memorizing. Both have made some efforts to stress thinking skills but they remain discipline-based individual pursuits culminating in high stakes tests. A new standard of quality was introduced today, the […]
Q&A with Author, Educator Matt Miller on ‘Ditch That Textbook’ and ‘Ditch That Homework”
By: Michael Niehoff. Michael interviews Matt Miller about this second book 'Ditch That Textbook'.
What Bloom’s Taxonomy Can Teach Us About AI
[…] The first part differentiates the competencies of AI from humans. It identifies what humans can double down on as their unique advantage, while also identifying a new standard for quality of thought using AI. The second part (coming next week) provides ideas for how leaders can train an AI thought partner to represent whoever […]
