Project-Based Learning
Leadership
Summit Denali: 12 Components of an NGLC Winning Design
The innovative Bay Area school network is a pioneer in blended and competency based learning. CEO Diane Tavenner launched Summit Prep, the organization's flagship school, a decade ago. With each new school, Diane and her talented team continue to innovate on the secondary school model. Here's the ingredients of the current blend:
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New Tech Expands Online PBL Across Network
“All courses are designed and led by experienced New Tech facilitators, and offer students an opportunity to develop global awareness, online communication, technology, and agency skills-- all critical attributes for success in college and careers.”
Leadership
Leading for Deeper Learning: 10 Proven Strategies
The majority of schools we studied were purpose built and more than half belong to school development networks committed to deeper learning--two big advantages for leaders seeking to consistently challenge and engage students in meaningful work.
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Teachers, Did you Finish Your Summer Reading?!
Before you go headfirst back into the classroom and into “teaching mode,” we want to “assign” 5 great posts from our awesome teacher bloggers. Don’t worry, it won’t take long, but we sure don’t want you starting school without finishing your summer reading!
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How Frames, Plans, Platforms & PD Support Great Teaching
Districts and networks are making it increasingly possible for all of their teachers to achieve great results with common frameworks, big goals and good plans, strong development systems for adult learners, and learning platforms.
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Deeper Learning as a Turnaround Strategy
Good schools have good goals; they use a variety of strategies to personalize learning supported by aligned supports, staffing, and schedule.
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Engaging Online Idaho School Gains Top Marks
Projects are not very common in online learning but at I-DEA they are the academic spine of the school. There is a mixture of individual and team-based projects.
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Deeper Project Based Learning
High Tech High, Casco, DSST, Odyssey and other schools we’ve studied suggest help us conclude with 4 main lessons that help avoid low-level activities and promote deeper learning projects.
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Creating A Classroom Marketplace
A marketplace gets artifacts . . . “things” . . . into the hands of people who need them and rewards the people who create them. The Classroom Marketplace works the same way, and it prepares students to reap the benefits of real-world marketplaces.
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The Having of Wonderful Ideas
Expeditionary Learning is a national network of more than 150 schools that share the coolest design principles including “The having of wonderful ideas.” More broadly, EL schools feature “dynamic leadership, compelling curriculum, engaging instruction, continuous assessment, and a positive school culture.”