Eyes on The Horizon: Where Industry and Education Meet
Join panelists at the Horizons annual summit hosted by Jobs For the future to learn what each sector is contributing to the future of education and workforce development.
Celebrating Earth Day
[…] a School Garden or a Tree: Planting a school garden can be a fun and educational way to engage students in environmental conservation and also focus on place-based learning. Students will learn about the importance of plants in the ecosystem, and develop a sense of responsibility and ownership over the garden that they plant. […]
Pathways With a Purpose: Supporting Students in Revealing Meaning
[…] to facilitate social innovation and impactful learning. Whether you’re engaging in STEAM, creating maker spaces, designing project-based learning (PBL), facilitating entrepreneurship or business classes, or embarking on place-based learning there are ample opportunities to spark meaningful innovation. Our job is usually to provide questions, and constraints that help students design for impact. For instance, […]
SMU+GSV Mission Summit: On a Mission to Change the World for Good
Next week in Dallas, GSV will convene innovative and forward-thinking minds in education, business, technology and industry for the inaugural SMU+GSV Mission Summit.
Real World Learning: Client Projects Are Trending
[…] production involved in managing a project? You can gain the benefits of both with a client project, the latest learner experience design trend in high school and college education. Client projects can be extremely valuable experiences because they engage in real complex organizational problems and develop design thinking, problem-solving, and project management skills. Like internships, […]
Elementary Students Speak About Their Unique Learning Environment
By: Nathan Strenge In today’s education landscape, “student voice” and “youth empowerment” are popular catchphrases. It’s understandable – there’s a growing recognition that giving young people more say and more ownership in their educational journey has profound, transformative benefits for learning. The ability for students to have a legitimate voice in things such as […]
The Ready Player One Test: Systems for Personalized Learning
By: Dagan Bernstein The single narrative education system is no longer working. Its main limitation is its inability to honor young people as the dynamic individuals that they are. New models of teaching and learning need to be designed to center on the student, not the teacher. In Dr. Benjamin Freud’s article, The Metaverse […]
Sneakers, Signals, and Systems: A New Era in Education
There’s something in the water at education conferences — sneakers have become the new conference dress code. This shift toward individuality, comfort and practicality is also representative of transformations we’re seeing in education. The 2024 Carnegie Summit marked not just a gathering of minds but a convergence of ideas reshaping the education landscape. Key […]
Podcast: Francisco Guajardo on the Language of Place
In this week’s podcast, Tom is speaking with Dr. Francisco Gaujardo. Francisco is a leading voice in bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural education and a noted expert in place-based education.
Mastery Learning in Action
[…] courses or move to interdisciplinary studies? However, there have been a few resources to support schools in thinking through their choices. Making Mastery Work: A Close-Up View of Competency Education by Priest, Rudenstine, and Weisstein, was the first paper produced in this phase of competency education and drew from multiple schools. Breaking with Tradition by Stack and […]