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66 Middle and High Schools Worth Visiting
School visits are a great way to learn and are key to developing an innovation mindset. Based on a couple thousand school visits and with help from colleagues and readers, we’ve compiled a list of 66 U.S. secondary schools worth visits.
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Can Great Public Education Be the New Normal?
By Lydia Dobyns: Students, educators, philanthropists and entrepreneurs will head to Washington to discuss reimagining the high school experience as part of the White House Summit on Next Generation High School. Lydia Dobyns shares her excitement, her hope, and 5 ways to support meaningful change.
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Design Thinking for Student Ownership of Learning
By: Sara Matlock. The 24 Hour Think Challenge, organized by a student led non-profit in Idaho called One Stone, brought together 150 high school juniors from across southwest Idaho to tackle issues facing education in the 21st Century.
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The Front Porch: A Rockin’ Interactive Structure
Getting Smart Teacher Blogger John Hardison shares Studio 113’s “Front Porch,” an interactive, discussion-based learning structure where improvisational acting meets a flowing and focused conversation.
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Creating Intrinsic Value, Interest and the Desire to Engage in Students
By: Nick Bain. Students need opportunities to discover value and interest in creative ways. Educators can support in this by being a learning facilitator not a learning instructor.
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How I Paved my Unique Path with Career Path High
By: Eleanore “Ellie” Northrop. How Ellie's decision to take control of her secondary journey led to a personalized high school experience, two job offers before graduation, and the beginning of her career.
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Student-to-Student: Customize Your High School Experience and Make it Meaningful
By: Grant Ryerse. Seven ways students can pursue their interests and customize high school: Finding "the best" parts, service learning, career exploration, teamwork, hands-on learning, and online learning.
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The Role Of Advisory In Personalizing The Secondary Experience
High school can be a confusing time with increasing options for students due to the rapid expansion of digital learning. Advisory has to be the spine of the next generation high school. Sustained adult relationships can help students navigate this new digital landscape.
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Startup Students: A Look At How Teachers Can Invest In GenDIY
By: Eric Nentrup. What GenDIY needs is more supportive teachers who see themselves as business mentors and “angel investors” who may not be able to invest dollars, but can network and carve out time or space for students to work on these authentic projects now instead of later.
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Reinventing A Secondary Program From The Ground Up
By: Melissa Strong. For those educators who ponder “What if I were to teach this concept, this unit, or this subject completely differently?” Melissa shares her story and strategy of reinventing the foreign language program at Harvard-Westlake School in LA.