Let’s Not Return to School, Let’s Move Beyond It
[…] and thought-leaders have already returned to a perspective that reifies the past. When they’re not writing about mask mandates, they offer a steady stream of op-eds about learning loss and the need for remediation. This is precisely the language that has long framed an ineffective, paternalistic approach to education inequality. What they’re missing is that, […]
Education’s New and Necessary Narrative
[…] “speaking” to each other, connect the life I look upon. “A tremendous amount can be learned from this,” I think to myself. How might this tether to learning and be of benefit to the future of education?” Seemingly, our schools are affixed to economic and political systems fraught in everything but the natural world. […]
A Lifeboat in an Education Crisis: Supporting Educators through Inclusive Actions
[…] efforts of the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA for short), a coalition of over 100 organizations formed as a result of the pandemic and the transition to remote learning, which continues to serve as a hub for educators, administrators, and vendors alike to find best practices to support all students, especially students with disabilities. As […]
Navigating Education While Blindfolded
[…] beyond even the 30,000-foot level. The intent was to launch into a brainstorm of possible areas of focus for the year-long experience representing the pinnacle of their learning. From the overlapping Venn diagrams and lists students created, the next logical step was to identify problems related to their passions. How often are students asked […]
From Designing Project-Based Learning to Designing Professional Development
[…] at High Tech High (HTH) is that, in addition to teaching middle and high school students throughout my tenure, I’ve been able to help other teachers incorporate project-based learning (PBL) into their own practice. PBL is an integral part of our approach to teaching and learning and, over the years, our organization has grown from […]
Using Schoolwide Design Sprints to Seed Student-Centered Culture
[…] and empowering students to design meaningful activities around this cultural focus. At the same time, the school wanted to find a way to shift towards hands-on, experiential learning, including Project Based Learning (PBL). The focus on the region’s Cherokee heritage was an obvious choice for a schoolwide theme that would help students delve into […]
You’ve Been Notifeyed: How High School Students are Paving the Way to Driver Safety
[…] started in the fall of 2022. As high school Juniors at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas, the five of us came together as members of Uncharted Learning’s year-long INCubatoredu entrepreneurship course. For us, we wanted to use the opportunity to make a real impact and create a meaningful solution that could improve people’s […]
Five Reasons to Bring Our National Parks into the Classroom
National Parks are a great way to provide experiential learning, outdoor learning and engage learners with a nuanced past.
Complexity: Fall 2021 Edition
Do we have a shot at showing what accountability looks like in learning? Tom shares the complexities to consider this fall that will have implications on the future of learning for all.
Learning Walls Versus Teaching Walls
Walls can be used as a dynamic learning asset to promote movement, active learning and student agency -- are your walls designed to do that? Randy Fielding explores in his latest post.
