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10 Best Practices to Enrich the Blended Learning Environment
After some great conversations, here are 10 important points to think about when implementing and creating blended learning spaces.
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Leading the Way for Building 21st Century Instructional Coaches
In order to affect change, Washington STEM is working on STEM PD, a program developed to move professional development and STEM instructional coaching into the next century.
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How Can We Prevent High School Seniors from Dropping Out?
Although the numbers indicate that these students leave during senior year, studies show that dropping out of school is often the result of a long, cumulative process and is not a decision students make overnight. The National Dropout Prevention Center/Network notes there is no single risk factor to accurately predict who is at risk of dropping out, but when multiple risk factors are considered, the accuracy of dropout predictions increases.
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High Tech High: Student Engagement Leads to Deeper Learning
I've been there at lease a dozen times but I'm always floored by the student artwork. Here are two students expanding on a SketchPad art they produced to illustrate how genetic switches (contributed by parents on either side) influence our life.
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Student Success in Clear Creek, TX
High school looks very different from middle school and transition isn’t always what every student would like it to be. Luckily, districts like CCISD recognize that and put the support in place to guide students and allow them to have every chance to develop and achieve overall success.
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Using OpenCourseware at New Milford HS to Create Deeper Learning
In the Fall of 2012, the Independent OpenCourseware Study would be an option for students in New Milford’s academy program. They would have the option to choose any subject they felt passionate about and study it using available OpenCourseware from esteemed institutions such as MIT or Stanford, to learn more about their chosen subject.
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Building College-Going Communities
In our search for schools that promote deeper learning, we found five networks propelling first generation students into and through college. They create a college bound expectation, back it up with counseling, develop an academic mindset, and track success.
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Smart List: 10 Innovative High Schools, 10 Deeper Learning Networks
Today we are recognizing 10 interesting high schools schools and 10 networks that promote deeper learning.
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DIY High
Here's a lunch napkin design for new competency-based high school where students create the job they want--they leave with a site, app, plan, and an LLC.
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4 High Schools That Use Projects to Promote Deeper Learning
Schools in the New Tech Network, Big Picture and Envisions network provide additional best practice examples of schools that incorporate relevant learning experiences often including work- and community-based learning.