Not Your Typical Back-to-School Days at Learner-Centered Sites
Learner-centered leaders recognize the need to help young people lean into their personal development as a critical part of their learning and do so in community with the peers and adults in their environments.
Schools of the Future: Creating the Entrepreneurial Education Model
Agency, choice, and elevating learner voice requires innovation, creativity and embedding entrepreneurship in our school models.
Igniting North Carolina’s Future: SparkNC’s Innovative Approach to Education
[…] students can learn individually and in groups. All SparkLabs are connected through state-of-the-art systems that enable students in different spaces to meet, collaborate, and learn together with teachers and industry professionals. SparkLab Leaders in each district facilitate learning. They are a new kind of educator, blending the roles of teacher, mentor, coach, entrepreneur, innovator, […]
The Students Are Talking, It’s Time We Listen
[…] to engage with problems worth solving. Youth-led projects and organizations like UnTextbooked, Sunrise Movement and Civics Unplugged all provide great resources for building student agency and for teachers who want to better engage students. With voter turnout for 18-29 year olds hovering below 50% over the last fifty years, and not looking to improve, […]
Family Promise: Ensuring Every Student Has A Home
[…] goals that are set by them and our Case Manager. Some may come to us and not have experience living on their own. However, we also serve teachers, nurses, and people from other fields that most would not expect. What are the greatest needs of the students who you serve? One word … stability. […]
Denver Public Schools: A Hopeful Generation of Climate Champions
A unique partnership between the local Denver government and public school district has resulted in real money and real impact.
Banned Books, Critical Race Theory and Literacy at SXSW EDU
[…] fight book bans locally and nationally: PEN America has accumulated important data, resources, and a place to report book bans in your community. The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) developed This Story Matters, a book rationale database where you can search for and contribute rationales for banned books. Spencer Russell led another […]
Sneakers, Signals, and Systems: A New Era in Education
There’s something in the water at education conferences — sneakers have become the new conference dress code. This shift toward individuality, comfort and practicality is also representative of transformations we’re seeing in education. The 2024 Carnegie Summit marked not just a gathering of minds but a convergence of ideas reshaping the education landscape. Key themes […]
Stories of AI Literacy and How to Get Started
[…] in class or how I can quickly generate slides for my presentations. Eduaide.Ai: A platform for AI-assisted lesson planning that offers more than 100 resources to help teachers create instructional materials. Eduaide has a Content Generator, Teaching Assistant, Feedback Bot, Free-form Chat, and an Assessment Builder. I have explored Eduaide a lot to create […]
At-Risk Youth Discover Support, Healing With Wolves
Wolf Connection is a unique 165-acre educational sanctuary in southern California that brings people together through direct relationships with rescued wolves for the purpose of empowering the next generation to become authentic leaders and stewards of the earth.
