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Rethink ED: 3 Hallmarks of the Future of Learning
Mason recaps ReThink Ed (#RethinkED), an event where innovators in education gathered together in Kansas City sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation and the Debruce Foundation.
6 Ways to Market Your School Without Social Media
Social media can serve as a great marketing tool for schools, but it is not your only option. These six ways to market your school go beyond social media.
Service Learning: Designed to Motivate and Inspire
By: Liz Pitofsky Part of the thrill of facilitating The Service Learning Project (SLP) is seeing the incredibly positive impact on youth of all ages, and there are consistent trends: Students are excited to participate in, but even more so to lead, the process. They are passionate about…
Promoting a School-to-Home Community
One area that educators might reflect on over the summer is how to foster a better connection between home and school. There are so many tasks that we have to do on a daily basis and without a doubt, our primary responsibility is to provide the best learning…
Assume Good Intentions: Lessons for Responsive Family Engagement
Amanda Winkelsas shares the case for teachers, students, and parents to all be involved and lessons around positive family engagement.
Network of Place-Based Community-Connected Rural Schools Receive Grant to Expand
Small community-connected schools sharing resources in networks & leveraging local learning opportunities may be the solution to the rural education decline.
What Should Graduates Know and Be Able to Do?
Tom sat down with Ken Kay, CEO of EdLeader21, to discuss community engagement and the role it plays in answering "What should grads know and be able to do?" Here's what he learned.
Community Defined Projects at Health Leadership High
A visit to project-based Health Leadership HS, a talent pipeline and advocacy organization for a healthier community in Albuquerque, NM.
How to Give Students Future-Ready Skills Through Community Service
With community-engaged projects, students learn to solve problems, think creatively, manage uncertainty, and most importantly, how to coordinate and work with others. According to The World Economic Forum, these are the same top 5 future skills needed for 2020.
How Project-Based Learning Unleashes Students’ Creativity
By: Pamela Brennan and Brandi Zivilik. Two teachers share their experiences of how PBL inspires students to collaborate with each other and connect with their local communities.