Eight Ways New Schools Innovate
With the rapid global shift to hybrid and remote learning, there is a renewed interest in new school models. Highlighted are eight ways schools are innovating.
Virtual Agreements Help Mitigate Cheating in My Online Classroom
[…] FlipGrid can make these demonstrative tasks more fun and engaging for the student while providing data and feedback for the teacher. The great thing is that live, student-centered, dynamic, synchronous classes are the perfect breeding ground for this type of learning to happen! Another way to emphasize the spirit of the virtual contract is […]
Q&A with Author, Educator Matt Miller on ‘Ditch That Textbook’ and ‘Ditch That Homework”
By: Michael Niehoff. Michael interviews Matt Miller about this second book 'Ditch That Textbook'.
Modern Classrooms Support SEL and an Assets Based Approach
By: Ben Owens. Ben shares how Evergreen Charter School is approaching the realities of remote and hybrid learning, viewing them not as deficits, but as opportunities.
Education is Equity Work: New Resource and Customizable Toolkit to Help
[…] the best version of themselves. But equity at any kind of scale is not possible unless educators and schools have road maps and tools to build sustainable and equitable student-centered learning environments. The revised edition of Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments and new customizable toolkit is one such resource. When the first Educator Competencies was released in 2015, the idea of student-centered […]
Collaborative Conversations to Shephard Communities Forward, Together
Rebecca Midles and Kelly Niccolls explore how school systems set the future of communities and the urgency of intentional design of community building for our learners.
National CAPS Network Promotes Real World Learning
Tom Vander Ark shares the real world learning happening at CAPS during a recent school visit.
Tech Fuels Student Access to Mentorships – Especially for Students of Color
Research shows that mentors are particularly impactful in opening traditionally closed professional doors for young people with disabilities, youth of color, and youth identifying as female, particularly in STEM fields.
Let’s Use ChatGPT to ‘Think Different’ About K-12 Schools
The way to overcome the current challenges dominating K-12 is to think out of the box from the mindset of our ‘users' and embrace the new and unfamiliar with curiosity and confidence.
What Educators and Families Should Prioritize in the Age of AI
As technological breakthroughs, analytic methods, and artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly redefine what it means to be educated, they correspondingly transform how we can measure and inform learning and development.