Place Based Education
108 Results
Leadership
A Question of Trust: The Arcadia Unified Better Together Project
[…] devices for learning The central question that we aimed to answer is: Out of all the areas we measured, what are the highest leverage points in realizing student-centered learning for the district? We applied a new set of approaches on this data to support district and site decision making on improvement efforts (see graph […]
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Career & Technical Ed
Career-Connected Learning: Preparing Students for a Dynamic Future
[…] embed specific expectations for projects while AI ensures outcomes are met by honoring students’ unique and varied pursuits. The agility and responsiveness of Project Leo allow for student-centered learning and real-world application. Students can also explore various career paths using SchoolJoy which relies on AI to analyze student interests, skill sets, and local market […]
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Place Based Education
Creating Connections Across Slate Valley for the Common Good
[…] educators “to foster a system of public education in which every student graduates and every graduate is college and career ready” In Slate Valley we are exploring student-centered learning through an innovative design process to consider equity, access, and opportunity where moments for personal understanding are discovered. Students working to make all natural dog […]
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Future of Learning
Beyond the 4Cs: Empowering Youth in the 21st-Century
[…] of those elements. Teacher Practices Student Mindsets Schools too often only prepare students to memorize facts and bubble in answers. By transforming teacher practice to be more student-centered and real-world, students will get the on-the-ground experience of solving some of the most pressing challenges that face our world today. There is nothing more valuable […]
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Competency-Based Education
Support STEM Education Through Student-Centered Challenges
By: Shannon Robinson As educators keep moving from “traditional,” teacher-centered instruction to student-centered learning environments, we’re realizing the importance of integrating STEM into curriculum. Research shows that the pandemic emphasized the need for access to STEM resources, with 77% of the world saying that a strong STEM education is crucial. That includes the classroom by putting […]
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Learner-Centered
What Could You Do with 5 Additional Hours of Time with Students Each Day?
Trace Pickering pens the final piece of a three-part series on valuing learner time.
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New Pathways
Students Co-authoring Their Own Learning
By inviting learners to co-author learning experiences, journeys and records, we help them build the most important skills and dispositions they’ll need to succeed in a changing world.
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Equity & Access
The Equity Continuum: Cultivating an Equity Mindset in Classroom Global Partnerships
[…] of accompaniment and interdependence in our students? In ourselves as educators? Jennifer D. Klein is a product of experiential project-based education herself, and she lives and breathes the student-centered pedagogies used to educate her. She is a former head of school with extensive international experience and over thirty years in education, including nineteen in the […]
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Future of Learning
Two High School Students Create STEM Program
[…] ceremony. The event featured guest speakers from XBOX and had over $200 in prizes. For more, see: Bringing STEM into Every Classroom Space Support STEM Education Through Student-Centered Challenges Sayan Bhatia is a junior at Redmond High School in Washington and is a developer, entrepreneur, and STEM advocate. After learning software development, he released […]
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Competency-Based Education
Sneakers, Signals, and Systems: A New Era in Education
[…] posture, learning systems can co-create personalized, competency-based learning pathways. By leveraging critical inquiry protocols and engaging students as co-creators, schools can transform from traditional models to dynamic, student-centered environments. “Students are voting with their feet. If students did not have to come to your school- why would they come? Dig into that,” said Ryan […]
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