Learning Design

Transforming Student Engagement Through Dialogue: 3 Approaches for Every Classroom

By: Danielle Isbell & John Sarrouf. Classroom engagement is essential to the long term success of students, and engagement is impacted by pre-established norms and patterns of classroom dynamic. Applying the core principles of Essential Partner’s Dialogic Classroom can transform classroom dynamics (online and in-person) and allow for increased connection, engagement, and communication.

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New Pathways

Deeper Learning Requires Deeper Relationships?

Scott McLeod shares insights from visits at innovative elementary and middle schools across the country devoted to significant amounts of time for students and educators to simply be together in community.

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New Pathways

Home Schools Grow With New Funding Streams

A growing number of students are learning in homes. These small schools create opportunities to test new learning models, expand supportive options, and extend access to new pathways.

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Learner-Centered

frED Camp: The Legacy of Fred Rogers

Teachers around the world have been applying “The Fred Method” in their classrooms, using technology — and findings from the science of learning and child development — to spark joyful, welcoming learning experiences.

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Getting Through

Making the Most of Distance Learning

By: Lindsay Hayward. Lindsey shares ways to make virtual and distance learning more robust and engaging.

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Future of Learning

Teaching Through Change, Stories of Resilience: Austin ISD

By: Rashawn Caruthers. Rashawn shares how Stacey Shapiro of AISD and a member of The Learning Accelerator’s Strategy Lab cohort, is planning for resilient and equitable futures for her students.

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Future of Learning

The Opportunity for Personalized and Local Guidance

By: R. Caruthers R. Midles & T. Vanderark. Guidance on the next steps in learning and postsecondary planning can equally be tailored to each learner and their context.

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