Measuring Connections in Career-Connected Learning
Future Focused Education and Big Picture Learning are proving it’s possible to understand the social side of work-based learning. Both organizations’ commitment to equity has led them down that path.
Professional Learning Network Pivots to Virtual
A professional learning school pivots to distance learning while maintaining their core values and partnerships.
Three Basic Needs that Must Be Met for a Successful Opening of Schools
[…] favorite Twitter chat (#pblchat) is run on a semi-regular basis by a group of project-based learning aficionados, many of them former colleagues at the Buck Institute for Education (PBLWorks). During a recent chat participants were asked to describe how we create classroom/school culture in our new distance-learning world. I indicated the only reason I […]
The Increasing Role of Artificial Intelligence in Our Lives
[…] AI can then create its own painting. A portrait was recently created that then sold for $432,599 at a Christie’s auction. How can we use this in education? The potential could be for students to program AI to include additional data sets that would then enable AI to generate a work of art reflective […]
Strengthening K-3 Distance Learning
[…] caretakers, and older siblings have become important proxies for teachers during distance learning, but they are neither trained nor universally available to assist. For these reasons many education leaders prioritize reopening K-3 this fall, but ongoing health and safety concerns may scare away significant numbers of students and teachers. Among those who return, symptoms […]
EdTech Report: Key Findings in Response to Remote Learning
Rachelle Dene Poth shares recent findings related to the increase in digital tool use during school closures.
Supporting Statewide Change Through Microgrants to Families
CARES Act funding encourages states to create a system for providing microgrants to families to ensure they have access to the technology and educational services they need to advance their learning. This funding creates the opportunity to shift some of the most basic power dynamics, and address some of the persistent infrastructure constraints that […]
Parents as Essential Partners in Pivoting their Child’s Education & Fostering Remote Learning
By: Rebecca Holmes As a mother, educator, former associate state education commissioner, and CEO of the nonprofit Colorado Education Initiative, I have a unique vantage point to the home, classroom, and school. I deeply empathize with the severe stress and anxiety facing students, parents, teachers, and school leaders this fall. Parents call me daily […]
Start Smart: Resuming Learning After COVID Learning Loss
[…] upheaval. As one of those dedicated to helping educators put tools in their utility belt before they leap into the fray, I’ve dug into state recommendation, analyzed education news, and combed through educational research to provide a cohesive picture of recommendations and best practices that can serve as the backbone of an instruction plan […]
The Art Of Teaching Has Been Overcompensating For The Science
[…] are part of a system that continues to function on their backs to gather any learning data that is not event data or state assessments, and our educational system has few guidelines on how this is done. The Common Core State Standards were intended to minimize this and some would argue it made improvements, by […]
