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Personalized Learning
Bringing Project-Based Mentors into The Educational Fold
Patty Alper authored a book entitled, Teach to Work, How a Mentor, a Mentee and a Project Can Close the Skills Gap in America. She presents her findings here.
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Difference Making
A Unique Thanksgiving Season: Even More Reasons to Be Grateful for Our Teachers
[…] school community. Parents: If your child’s teacher goes above and beyond, let someone know. Tell your friends or reach out to the school’s principal to highlight this good work. It is amazing how a few positive anecdotes can raise morale among school communities. We must honor our teachers and the meaningful work that they do. […]
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Future of Learning
Champion the Class of 2021: A Timely Impact Opportunity
[…] there are fewer jobs for youth and more expensive virtual versions of college. The class of 2021 could use some help getting to the finish line, making good choices, and telling their story. Getting to Graduation Like last spring, now is a good time for school teams to get creative about credit completion–not just […]
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Getting Through
Students and Equity at the Heart of School Redesign
[…] the pandemic – in particular, standards-based learning – through the Strategy Lab. As a team, they rallied around the questions of, “How do we not waste a good crisis? How do we use this to accelerate good practice?” “How do we meet the new needs that teachers have but also advance some of the […]
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Difference Making
Multiple Choice
[…] is important because we are like a second family, and we always work with each other,” a fifth-grade student at Villacorta Elementary says. “When you have a good relationship with someone, it’s easy to learn with them.” Before student agency and voice can take hold, learners must feel safe and trust their teachers and […]
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Future of Learning
Robo-Writers, Translators, Chatbots: Developments in NLP and What it Means for Education
[…] it is found. Some examples include the use of chatbots, voice assistance, translation tools, and search engines. In my eighth grade STEAM course on emerging technologies, a good part of our year is focused on artificial intelligence and its various components. We explore a variety of materials such as AI4K12, ISTE U AI Course […]
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New Pathways
How a Purpose Mindset Helps Navigate Life
[…] culture of belonging. A school system full of extrinsic measures and a performance mindset doesn’t help create a safe growth environment. What if, instead of “get a good grade,” the goal was helping young people figure out who they are, what they’re good at, and what they care about? The job market is a […]
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Equity & Access
Real World Experience with NAF Advisory Boards
[…] work-based learning experiences, internships, and classroom support. The advisory board usually meets monthly or bi-monthly and implements yearly strategic plans to support the academy. What makes a good advisory board member? The main quality that is important for an engaged board member is a passion for helping students prepare for their future careers. In […]
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Leadership
How to Win Over Your Futures Skeptics
[…] afford to ignore our skeptics. Bring them along your futures journey by balancing their fears and hopes for change. – Ayça Güralp Tools to Motivate Skeptics Any good futures process will focus on including skeptics on the parts of the journey that will give them the greatest sense of ownership. For some that will […]
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Getting Through
When Humans, Not Systems, Run Schools
[…] food and safety were addressed: “Who’s got wifi and access to devices? Who’s got the curricular systems in place to bring ‘school’ into every learner’s home?” Perfectly good questions to ask. They’re just not the most important. For the past 18 months—building on our previous eight years of catalyzing learning and school redesign—NGLC has […]
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