Treating Data as our Most Valuable Asset
[…] breaths are needed when addressing the issues educators continue to face today. One of the ways my team at Project Unicorn seeks to eliminate the workload in the life of a teacher, and school administrators, is by sharing the importance of data interoperability. Interoperability is a term that, while technical, underlies many commonplace applications and […]
Ed Leaders: Your Path Out of COVID to a Radically Better Future Is Hiding in Plain Sight
[…] need to develop in order to thrive in a challenging and rapidly changing world. Agency and self-direction, critical thinking and resilient problem-solving, caring and collaboration, creativity and lifelong learning…. We all share this general sense, no matter what words we use. This wide and deep agreement is the vision and set of shared values […]
Community Partnerships and School-Adjacent Experiences Are Powerful Ways to Rebundle Learning
[…] ages and their parents and caregivers have participated in thousands of Remake Learning Days events across the country to learn about history, build community gardens, discover wild life habitats, or get introduced to local arts and cultural traditions. Two years of pandemic learning disruption have taught us many things. We understand in new ways […]
Three Ways Web3 Will Change Education For Good
[…] human heart, or even simply, practicing language with an avatar from another world. Integration with blockchain and tokens in the metaverse has the potential to simulate practical life skills, too. Students can experiment with micro-economies, build small businesses, create micro-cities and infrastructure, explore financial literacy, and more. And with decentralized access, anything students or […]
5 Strategies for a Successful Start to the School Year
[…] at AVID Center. AVID provides curriculum, professional learning, and community connection for educators interested in closing the opportunity gap and preparing all students for college, career, and life. AVID principles can be applied across grade levels and subjects to empower students to meet their goals. Denise Wren has been with the nonprofit for 10 […]
Taking Work-Based Learning to the Next Level: Lessons from Alaska
Nicole Assisi, a leader in innovative change, shares insights about what makes a strong work-based learning program.
Focusing on Student Learning Will Attract The Educators We Need
[…] science, and history to find relevant, integrated ways to deliver rigorous standards? What if schools offer the real-world training and social-emotional skills needed to thrive over a lifetime? What if schools customize learning for students to pursue their own interests? I’m suggesting we shift from a scarcity mindset (e.g., not enough teachers to meet […]
My Class Climbed a 14,000-Foot Mountain: How to Empower Students and Provide New Pathways to Learning
[…] can be theirs. And in the future, it will become a powerful memory they can draw upon to help them aim for success in school, careers, and life. Narissa Stahl Holmgreen is a P.E. teacher, AVID elective teacher, and co-coordinator of the AVID program at George Washington High School in Denver, Colorado. This post […]
Four Key Lessons from Utah for Accelerating and Expanding Learner-Centered Education
Policymakers and practitioners regularly stated that the country couldn’t afford to simply revert to our traditional, industrial-era approach to education. What can be done to take advantage of this opportunity and transform and reinvent our K-12 system into something better?
Data Science Must Be Embedded in K12 Education
[…] curriculum, this work will culminate in a common K-12 framework for Data Science specific to South Fayette including a vertical alignment. Because of the quality of the lessons in data science that South Fayette educators are creating, Stanford has committed to sharing these lessons and activities our teachers develop on their Youcubed website. Kansas […]