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Future of Learning
Election 2020: Engaging Future Voters
[…] of women’s suffrage presents an opportune moment to highlight the courageous battles waged to change voter laws. And civil rights heroes like John Lewis, who spent his life fighting to expand the right to vote, can serve as great models for the power of collective action to make change. Older students are ready to […]
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Competency-Based Education
Support STEM Education Through Student-Centered Challenges
[…] understanding of STEM by solving puzzles, designing solutions to novel problems, and creating new inventions. TCEA provides a helpful guide for infusing PBL into STEM projects. These real- life examples are helpful for understanding where design thinking fits into the K-12 classroom. As educators, it’s important that we’re available to support and guide – but students […]
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Future of Learning
See it to be it: The power of mentorship and entrepreneurship
[…] you created from scratch? Do you think that person will see you as a failure — or as someone with the tools and motivation to succeed in life?” In communities across the country, millions of kids are waiting for a mentor to show them what’s possible in their lives. Programs like INCubatoredu provide what […]
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Equity & Access
How Schools Can Promote Vaccination and Address Hesitancy: A 10-Point Plan that Puts Equity First
[…] Institute also reflected on schools’ broad reach. “As a highly-valued community institution schools have the capacity to touch so many people from so many different walks of life,” Cahill wrote. To be clear: This will be no easy task. Most schools are already struggling with reopening. Schools are directing maximum effort to ensure that […]
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Future of Learning
Eric Sheninger’s Disruptive Thinking in our Classrooms: Preparing Learners for Their Future
[…] think and learn differently” (p.19). Blending the right amount of philosophy with pragmatic advice, Sheninger encourages practitioners to reconcile what they believe with what they practice: “… lifelong learning is a must for all of us, not just the kids we serve. For our students to meet the demands and expectations for work now […]
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Leadership
How Teaching Entrepreneurship Helped One Teacher ‘Build a Bridge and Get Over It’
[…] INCubatoredu course for a second year. What changed my mind? In a word: failure. The program teaches students that failure is inevitable — in learning and in life — and that resilience is the real key to moving beyond it. When my students come up with an idea that doesn’t work, I tell them […]
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Difference Making
Why Entrepreneurship Might Save Our Kids—and the Rest of Us.
[…] entrepreneurial because to be entrepreneurial is to put your ideas and solutions into the world. To be entrepreneurial is to discover purpose, passion, and identity in this life. To be entrepreneurial is to be a shapeshifter with the fast-changing world, ready to meet the demands and challenges we can’t currently imagine. To be entrepreneurial […]
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New Pathways
Growing Together Education Connects Learners and Communities to Green Food and Green Skills
[…] programs. Hudak continued, “It’s been great to be sharing this work with K-12 students and see their continued level of engagement and ownership.” A Day in the Life Students spend time in the gardens during the school day where they learn about seeding, planting and harvesting greens for the BUSD Food Services team. GTE […]
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Future of Learning
How Schools Can Help Cultivate Learner Identity and Agency
[…] they are, what they value, and where they want to go. They’ll need to leverage resources to navigate obstacles and create positive change in their education and life, investigate their interests, reaffirm their identities, drive their own learning, and grow self-motivation and resiliency. In short, students will need opportunities to develop and cultivate a […]
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Getting Through
Processes and Principles for Public Schools Navigating Uncertainty and Adapting to Change
[…] where their students were grappling with canceled internships and an uncertain future of work. As it was for everyone during the pandemic, stress levels were high, and life was just harder. This is where we were when we embarked on the process to reimagine education at Brooklyn LAB in the middle of a pandemic. […]
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