Place Based Education
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Equity & Access
Equity in Education: We Don’t Need To Level the Playing Field, We Need to Change the Game
By: Erin Lynn Raab, Ph.D. An over-focus on test scores, attainment, and limited outcomes has frightfully de-humanized schooling. We don’t need to level the playing field, we need to change the game.
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Difference Making
The Power and Possibility of Community Learning Hubs
[…] real promise in a group of districts in Massachusetts. Despite all this experimentation, awareness of Community Learning Pods/Hubs remains a significant hurdle. In a recent survey of teachers, principals, and district leaders conducted by EdWeek, 36% said they heard about learning pods for the first time through the study itself. However, a national survey of Black […]
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Equity & Access
Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools (LAB) Launches ‘Building Culture Back Better Guide’ for Education Equity
[…] in Boston; Jerel Bryant, school leader at Collegiate Academies in New Orleans and 2021 Louisiana High School Principal of the Year; Stuart Warshawer, program officer with ArtistYear, which provides artist- teachers to Title I schools; Yukata Tamura, founder of nXu, a nonprofit that helps youth and adults find their purpose; Chuck Jones, middle school director at Brooklyn […]
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Personalized Learning
Bringing Project-Based Mentors into The Educational Fold
[…] proposed to this nonprofit a new pilot called Adopt-a-Class. The thinking was: how can practitioners like me offer insights to youth without disrupting the classroom or the teacher? The core concept was: wouldn’t kids like hearing about my trials in building a construction company as a female entrepreneur? So, I was the first guinea […]
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Future of Learning
Five Building Blocks in the New Architecture of High Schools
[…] and use performance feedback from out of school advisors, mentors, and workplace supervisors Advisory Systems Many secondary schools use an advisory system–a regular small group meeting with a teacher–to monitor academic and social progress; conduct career and college awareness and planning; and provide coaching on personal effectiveness and relationship skills. Advisory can be the most […]
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Difference Making
Evolving Through Connections, Feedback, and Relevancy
[…] foremost because people matter more than their test scores. But if that is not enough, we also have to recognize that if students aren’t connected to their teachers, one another, and the work they are doing, we won’t have the conditions where learning is likely. We can start with simple things like greeting kids […]
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Place Based Education
Learning Suites: A First Step in Overcoming Isolation in Schools
Physical isolation presents a barrier to the kind of authentic learning we often desire in 21st-century schools. Learning Suites are part of the solution to break out of isolated learning environments.
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New Pathways
North American Learners Gain 24/7 Support from Canadian Unicorn
[…] patterns depend on district leadership. High flyers will use the service when and where they need it but gaining use by struggling students takes administrative advocacy and teacher support. Paper customer success teams are often located in partner districts and make connections with teachers to build use. Students use Paper tutoring as much in […]
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Equity & Access
What is Culturally Responsive CTE?
[…] acting individually or collaboratively to execute a plan that is culturally responsive, and strongly likely to improve a local, regional, and/or global situation; and Reflect on the effectiveness and cultural appropriateness of your own actions. A project our students recently worked on highlights how this all comes together. A local company we partner with […]
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Competency-Based Education
Charting the Path for Personalized Learning By Planning Backward
[…] to make adjustments when necessary Performance Assessment. The authentic application of learning, the ultimate transfer of learning. Learners show what they know – not just for their teachers, but for themselves. DESIGN LEARNING PRACTICES Backward Planning from selected assessments and outcomes should incorporate instructional strategies and activities. Instructional strategies and learning activities are evaluated […]
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