Place Based Education
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Future of Learning
How Schools Can Help Cultivate Learner Identity and Agency
[…] creating unprecedented challenges and demanding more of students, who must play an even greater role in managing their own education as they navigate in-person, hybrid, and virtual learning in varying measures throughout the year. To succeed, students will need to authentically know who they are, what they value, and where they want to go. […]
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Learning Design
Finding Focus: Creating Collaborative Learning Spaces
Now that most of us have started back into the school year, hopefully we have a better idea of what our learning spaces might look like, at least for the time being. We also need to be prepared to transition from wherever we are right now as we move forward throughout the year. How […]
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Learning Design
Book Review: The Math(s) Fix
[…] problem is that current maths courses are not providing enough opportunities for students to apply their skills at a higher level. Students in math courses today are learning in the same way as students years ago, rather than connecting to more advanced and current concepts such as computational thinking, data science, and learning about […]
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EdTech
Reinvigorating Hybrid Learning Through New Tools
[…] of the school year are great times to explore new options. After a holiday break, we sometimes need a way to kick back into the gear of learning in the new year and sometimes in the spring, we tend to notice a decrease in student engagement. There are always a lot of activities happening […]
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Difference Making
Collaborative Conversations to Shephard Communities Forward, Together
[…] serving young people and valuing them effectively. When the context and the needs change, innovative systems adapt. When businesses fail to do this, they close. When our learning systems don’t adapt, the learners themselves pay the cost and this then transfers to our communities and our economies. With an insistence from federal and state […]
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Leadership
A Whole Child, Strengths-Based Approach to IEPs
[…] new, but others have lurked beneath the surface, starkly revealing themselves during the pandemic. This is especially true in special education. Teachers, administrators, and families are reimagining learning plans for learners with unique needs. Nationwide, over 7 million students are provided with individualized education programs (IEPs) that provide the roadmap for all involved to chart goals, milestones, and progress for […]
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Equity & Access
Preparing Students to be Financially Literate
Financial Literacy is recognized during the month of April and it is important for educators to provide learning opportunities for students of all grade levels to develop these essential financial skills. The National Endowment for Financial Education originally started this as a one-day event held in April, however, it later transitioned to an entire […]
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New Pathways
Focusing on Student Learning Will Attract The Educators We Need
[…] in adults, or for that matter, young people. Let’s instead pause to revisit the fundamental question of what young people need so we can give them the transformative learning experiences we’ve known they deserve. A new problem-solving approach I believe the better way to solve the teacher shortage problem is to reframe it as a […]
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Place Based Education
The Future-Ready School: Harnessing the Power of Learning Communities in Education
By: Mike Posthumus The post-COVID world presents unique challenges for education globally. With declining engagement rates, rising social-emotional learning needs, and the daunting reality of staff shortages, schools and districts worldwide are at a crossroads. However, as Eden Park Elementary School demonstrates, there may be a potent solution to these challenges – the transformative […]
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Getting Through
Focusing on Feedback: A Conversation with Amy Tepper and Patrick Flynn About Supporting Educators During Distanced Teaching
By: Adam Geller Collecting evidence of teaching practice and providing feedback based on that evidence is critical to the professional learning process. For teachers to be successful—especially this year with distanced teaching—this is a practice that needs to be prioritized. Amy Tepper and Patrick Flynn, educational coaches and co-authors of multiple books including Feedback to […]
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