4 Assessment Practices for Special Populations to Address Backlogs and Burnouts
By: Dr. Geremy Grant When the fall 2021 school year began, we hoped to regain some normalcy and address the learning needs that emerged from remote and hybrid learning in the years before. However, within a few months, we were faced with further upheaval as the Delta and Omicron variants of COVID-19 quickly spread. […]
Who is Going to Teach the Kids?
[…] teachers who know their students, who build relationships, who meet learners at their point of need and who recognize that there’s nothing standard about the journey of learning. We cannot forget the art of teaching – without it, schools become factories, students become products and teachers: nothing more than machinery.” There have been profound […]
Having our Cake and Eating It Too
[…] must choose between two things that cannot co-exist. You may be wondering what “having your cake and eating it too” has to do with creating learner-centered, equity-focused learning environments for young people. It’s simple. There simply isn’t enough evidence that you can have a learner-centered education system (having your cake) while perpetuating the current […]
How Data-Informed Instructional Coaching Programs Support Teachers and Improve Academic Outcomes
[…] progress and overall school experience. This academic year, teachers are facing a variety of challenges as they work to help students recover from the pandemic’s impacts on learning. It is more critical than ever that districts identify ways to retain and support quality teachers. Instructional coaching is a vital piece of the puzzle. While […]
How Teaching Entrepreneurship Helped One Teacher ‘Build a Bridge and Get Over It’
[…] be perfect. I wanted to be perfect. I decided to stick around for one more year when school administrators asked me to teach a new course, Uncharted Learning’s INCubatoredu, for the 2021-22 year. The year-long program doesn’t simulate the entrepreneurship experience; it is the entrepreneurship experience. Students create a real product or service that solves […]
13 Blogs and Podcasts to Add to Your Winter Playlist
[…] Brownie Ken Kay and Yong Zhao on Beyond the Portrait of a Graduate Jenna Mancini Rufo on Reimagining Special Education Getting Smart Town Hall: What’s Next in Learning 2022 Brent Maddin on Reimagining the Teaching Profession Top 3 Town Halls Getting Smart Town Hall: What’s Next in Learning 2022 Town Hall: The Great Education […]
On To Greener Pathways: The Future of Work Has New Opportunities for Students
[…] them to go become an electrician. Bill McKibben CTE, Trades and Vocational Skills Perhaps it might be time to revisit some of our more neglected modes of learning – the industrial arts. For decades, we have moved away from trade and vocational courses, like shop class, but it hasn’t necessarily served our students well. […]
Accelerate ED Initiative Creates Opportunities for Students to Excel
[…] school and helping them navigate a path toward postsecondary opportunities. As stated on the Accelerate ED website teams were focused on “developing equity-driven programs with intentionally sequenced coursework, work-based learning opportunities, and targeted advising and student supports; identifying a set of key enabling conditions around policy, funding, and data that are necessary for scaling these programs; […]
Creating New Pathways of Prosperity for All
[…] that eliminates time to ensure students meet criteria based on individual mastery of standards and course outcomes. Time and differentiation are foundational cultural pillars for access as learning becomes personalized, resource allocation is individualized, and the primary mode of pedagogy is consistent with practitioner facilitation. Wilder School District 133 serves a high migrant population, […]
A Community Micro-Credentials Effort Connects Students to Local Employers
[…] the Central Florida Development Council, and Southern New Hampshire University to make this dream a reality. How The Credentialing Initiative Got Started To make sure students were learning locally relevant skills, the partners convened 32 Polk County employers. Through this convening, the group sought to create awareness about the value of soft skills and […]
