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Getting Clearer: A Contribution Solution
By: Joanne McEachen and Matthew Kane. Contributive learning helps educational systems focus on what really matters for students, creating equitable academic outcomes.
Why Your Community Needs an Environmental Sustainability Coordinator
This Seed To Table program offered in a southern California school demonstrates the potential of compelling community-connected learning.
Why Schools Should Promote Applied Learning
By: Mark Siegel. Schools should promote applied learning—learning through experience—to help students develop transferable problem-solving skills. Here’s how.
24 Goals to Save the Planet (+1 in Case We Don’t)
Studying the Global Goals students can develop leadership and problem-solving skills, and identify how they can become difference makers.