Creating Connections Across Slate Valley for the Common Good
By: Casey O’Meara. The Slate Valley Unified Union School District applies community-focused experiential teaching and facilitation methods to better support deeper learning for its students.
Parents as Essential Partners in Pivoting their Child’s Education & Fostering Remote Learning
By: Rebecca Holmes. Schools pivoting to virtual teaching present real challenges. Here are seven thoughtful actions almost any family can take to set children up for success this fall and to be a positive force in their child’s growth.
Beyond the 4Cs: Empowering Youth in the 21st-Century
By: Connie Liu. Connie discusses the 4C’s framework, the skills that are most important for student success, and are principal components of becoming a 21st-century learner.
Harmonizing with Microcredentials: 7 Steps to Reimagining Your School’s Professional Learning
In this final piece of the series, we summarize how Harmony Public Schools reinvented professional learning for their staff by putting the educator at the center and building a career pathways program awarding relevant and realistic microcredentials to in-service teachers and administrators.
Academic Magnet High School is on a Mission of Excellence through Creating Opportunity for All
By: Antonio B. Boyd. Antonio shares how Academic Magnet High School in Charleston County School District (CCSD) is preparing students for college and beyond.
How Speech and Language Deficits Can Affect a Child’s Academic Success
By: Leanne Sherred. Speech and language challenges can affect how children perform in school, including the development of early literacy skills and their mental well-being. In this post, we discuss how communication difficulties can affect academic performance and the benefits of early intervention.
Modern Classrooms Support SEL and an Assets Based Approach
By: Ben Owens. Ben shares how Evergreen Charter School is approaching the realities of remote and hybrid learning, viewing them not as deficits, but as opportunities.
Town Hall Recap: The Invention Opportunity
Invention by Shel Silverstien I’ve done it, I’ve done it! Guess what I’ve done! Invented a light that plugs into the sun. The sun is bright enough, The bulb is strong enough, But, oh, there’s only one thing wrong… The cord ain’t long…
Meeting the Challenge of Reopening: How Laboratory School Communities Can Power Human-Centered Design and Inclusive Innovation
Our country must deepen its investment in laboratory schools and their approaches to make research based, effective change.
Why Students Should Co-author Learning
When students co-author their own learning in today's unpredictable world of accelerating change, they develop leadership and problem-solving skills. We visit different education spaces to see what co-design looks like.
