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Career & Technical Ed
As a City Transforms, Schools Open Career Pathways for Students
[…] The district hopes to return Newark to the place it once held among the highest-performing school districts in the nation, and contribute to the city’s revitalization by preparing the next generation of its workforce for the skilled jobs that await them. Our strategy is working. Enrollment increases, attendance rates, and graduation rates are all […]
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Competency-Based Education
Amplifying Student Voice to Design the Vision for Learning
[…] founded in my district and I happily jumped on board. What I found was a new approach to education that allowed me to expand my expertise while preparing me to face the world. Grades were replaced by competencies which aimed to develop my skills as a learner rather than suppress it and projects were […]
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Competency-Based Education
Are You Putting Learners First? Here are 8 Ways to Check Yourself
Shifting to a learner-centered design frame of mind is becoming more crucial in order to adapt to learners changing educational needs. Here are ways to ensure you are putting the learner first.
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Getting Through
School Vaccine Hub Publishes Curricular Resources for Teachers to Help Students Learn About COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy
[…] School Communities Can Power Human-Centered Design and Inclusive Innovation How to Reopen Schools: A 10-Point Plan Putting Equity at the Center To Reopen, America Needs Laboratory School Preparing to Reopen: Six Principles That Put Equity at the Core Reopening Schools: A Scheduling Map for Educators to Plan the Who, What, When, Where, and How […]
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Future of Learning
Harmonizing with Microcredentials: 7 Steps to Reimagining Your School’s Professional Learning
[…] state funds like the Texas Education Agency affords schools here) and still make a difference converting long-term planning and spending into a similar investment in teachers and principals. 5. Implementing the project plan With a funded plan and all stakeholders current with the timeline, Harmony’s central leadership brought in their school-level leaders across their entire […]
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Difference Making
A Unique Thanksgiving Season: Even More Reasons to Be Grateful for Our Teachers
[…] been limited to the school hours or the school calendar. Teachers pay is in no way commensurate with the thought and care they put into planning and preparing, nor the impact they have on students. Teachers have long been heroes of individual success stories and collective progress and well-being. During this unprecedented time of […]
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Future of Learning
From Test Prep To Active Learning: The El Paso Transformation
[…] Paso schools. 1. Great leadership: Cabrera assembled an extraordinary (majority female) leadership team that looks like El Paso and is committed, cohesive, and collaborative. Most of the 85 school principals were hired in the last seven years and are committed to the active learning and SEL agenda. “During my first 5 years, I spent the majority […]
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Future of Learning
“I Could Never Do This Alone” – Collaboration, Trust, and Human-Centered Design at Design39
[…] increased enthusiasm for designing new systems and experiences to meet the needs of today’s learners. With the pandemic revealing the stark inequities and inadequacies across education in preparing learners for their world, the story of Design39 Campus serves as an inspiring national exemplar. Design 39 Campus, a TK-8 public school in San Diego, California […]
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Leadership
Resilience: The Skill That Keeps Teaching and Learning Thriving at Pasadena ISD
By: Melissa McCalla. Resilience must be a community effort - students need educators as part of their support system now more than ever.
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Career & Technical Ed
Lining Up Career Dreams with Reality
[…] her role as Superintendent in Carlsbad, California she spearheaded several efforts to bridge classroom learning with career readiness. Dr. Lovely’s latest book Ready for Anything builds a new world of meaning for educators in preparing students for college, career and a good life. Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning by signing up for the weekly Smart Update.
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