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New School Tips from The Leading Low-Income School System
Aspire Public Schools, one of the nation’s first charter management organizations, has learned many lessons about opening great new schools over the years and offers this advice.
4 Lessons Learned from a Silicon Valley School Tour
By: Laura Gilchrist . A Kansas City teacher shares four lessons learned from her recent Silicon Valley school tour that she feels can help her and other community leaders empower their students to create, learn and lead in school and community.
3 Elements of Deeper Project-Based Learning
By: Loretta Goodwin. Conversations with students, teachers and administrators at Arlington Career Center reveal three key factors driving the enthusiasm and success of its deeper project-based learning program.
Seeking Adventure with Purpose, Gaining Trust and Support
By: Judith Stalter. Through programs such as the Peace Corps, you can learn hard and soft skills that will benefit you in life through real world experiences while serving a community in need.
My Journey from an AmeriCorps Volunteer to a Professional Public Servant
GenDIY is all about the young people following their own unique passion. In many cases that passion is to create positive change. There are few programs as robust, successful and impactful in providing opportunities for young people to make a difference while earning career experience than AmeriCorps.
El Paso Adopts Active Learning with Plan That Powers Innovation
El Paso ISD elected trustees have officially turned the corner from a decade of test prep to a new era of “Active Learning” by adopting a strategic plan called EPISD 2020 that includes expanding dual-language education, adding technology and providing active learning environments and stronger support systems.
Schools Need to Master the Art of Community Engagement
The omnipresence of technology in our daily lives has created new expectations for school districts. Parents also want their schools to be connected to their communities—and to be personally connected to them.
Realizing the Potential of Blended Learning: Beyond Personalized to Active Learning
This paper is designed to highlight how the intersection between active and personalized learning yields an engaging and relevant experience that increases student achievement and address the common misconception that active learning is only “hands-on offline,” and personalized learning stays “online.”
Making the Shift from Community Engagement to Community Collaboration
By Christina Jean & Lisa Duty. The new Community Collaboration for School Innovation toolkit developed by The Colorado Department of Education, The Colorado Education Initiative, and The Learning Accelerator outlines the shift from traditional community engagement to active community collaboration in four stages.
Building Habits of Success and Measuring What Matters
Good habits are at least as important as basic skills when it comes to success in college and work. The ability to apply creative know how in new situations is at least as important as historical and technical knowledge.