Leadership

From Last Chance to First Choice: Alternative Schools That Show the Way Forward

[…] students have paid work experience and earn some college credit, and/or industry certification. GPS Education Partners operates 15 eastern Wisconsin education centers located at manufacturing facilities featuring a blended learning high school academic program and manufacturing apprenticeship that leads to certification and employment. GPS also consults with districts on work-based learning solutions (see case study). ReSchool Colorado connects […]

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EdTech

10 Tools With a Big Impact in 2020!

Rachelle Dene Poth shares ten digital tools to try in 2021 in in-person, virtual, and hybrid learning environments.

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Difference Making

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.

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Future of Learning

Eric Sheninger’s Disruptive Thinking in our Classrooms: Preparing Learners for Their Future

“If we are to develop students who think disruptively, we must examine and reflect on our current teaching and learning practices. We, too, must become disruptive thinkers, which I define as: replacing conventional ideas with innovative solutions to authentic problems.” Eric Sheninger’s latest title, “Disruptive Thinking in our Classrooms: Preparing Learners for Their Future” […]

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Leadership

Can’t Miss Education Conferences in 2022

[…] a conference can and should be. 2022 Aurora Symposium October 24 – October 27, 2022 Online Aurora Institute’s annual conference is the leading event for K-12 competency-based, blended and online learning. With hundreds of sessions, it brings together experts, EdLeaders and educators to explore next-gen learning for K-12 students. Here are 10 reasons to […]

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Personalized Learning

Bringing Project-Based Mentors into The Educational Fold

[…] if they are older or retired. An opportunity to do something with a common creative goal, and to bring together a rich diversity of perspective, makes the blended experience uniquely rich and motivating. One benefit for the mentor is a psychological reward—for being engaged and sharing your knowledge, and another is practical—in having a […]

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