Place Based Education
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Equity & Access
Getting Clearer: Decolonizing Education
[…] decolonizing education. You know, breaking down the structures and freeing us from the patriarchal, white, western colonization of our education institutions and centering students, families, communities and meaningful learning. Is that actually an effort towards decolonization? What are the tools being used to break structures? What are the resources assisting the journey to liberation? Is […]
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Learner-Centered
The Rhythm of Reading
[…] as they use existing COVID-19 relief funds to provide tutors and aid in recovery efforts. After-school programs and community-based organizations are already working hard to close the learning gap left by the pandemic. Carolina Crown, a Marching Arts organization dedicated to assisting students in achieving lifelong excellence, is one organization on the front lines. […]
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Green Schools
How to Talk to Kids About Climate Change
[…] are ready to tackle difficult subjects, challenge assumptions, and expand their knowledge. When your kids are at home, you continue these conversations to build upon what they’re learning at school with fun eco-friendly activities that can help teach how kids can help climate change and how they can protect the planet. While it may seem […]
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New Pathways
Paving the Way for Pathways: Connecting Local Schools and Businesses in Tacoma, WA
[…] employment and economic mobility with a purpose-driven life. In an era quickly being defined by technological advances and hyperconnectivity, the traditional educational landscape is transforming. Creating a learning ecosystem where K-12, higher ed, industry, and community collaborate to provide students with the tools they need to thrive is essential. How might we design a […]
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Equity & Access
Understanding Interventions: Broadening The Impact of Science
[…] of certain groups in STEM education and careers and aims to address this issue. Understanding Interventions has three main goals: First, to provide new insights into teaching, learning, and training through research. Second, to enhance the community that understands and utilizes the results of educational interventions, by sharing information and fostering collaborations. Third, to […]
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Career & Technical Ed
Owatonna’s New School Sets Eyes on Local Pathways
A new school in Owatonna has a mission to grow and nurture a local workforce alongside some of their many business partners.
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Equity & Access
Honoring A Legacy of Leaders: The Jeanes Fellowship
[…] to participate we are quite literally breaking the law.” An Iterative Journey During the planning phase of the project, the Jeanes Fellows began working with Open Way Learning (OWL) to hone their liberatory design skills. In one half-day design sprint, Fellows analyzed historical Jeanes supervisors’ case studies along with current data from their home […]
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EdTech
Data-driven SEL: How It Can Help Meet Your Students’ Needs
[…] is going on with the student and the right tools to provide the most appropriate interventions. The Importance of Data The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) states that adopting an evidence-based SEL program is one of the key strategies for providing consistent SEL opportunities for all students. The use of data—specifically […]
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Difference Making
Rebellion As An Act of Community and Self-Love
[…] is that it is both a service to the self and the community, a key component of many of the hallmarks we’ve noticed in innovative and effective learning models: difference making, solving interesting problems, and contribution to name a few. In this essay Camus writes, “In every act of rebellion, the rebel simultaneously experiences a […]
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Equity & Access
Economic Mobility High: The New End Game for America’s High Schools
[…] 60 schools in 25 districts in metro Kansas City (both Kansas and Missouri districts) are making high school more valuable to young people by incorporating more real-world learning including internships and client-connected projects, three classes of college credit, industry-recognized credentials and entrepreneurial experiences. Economic Mobility High How many high school leaders truly view their role […]
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