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Future of Learning
The Role of Advisory in Personalizing the Secondary Experience
High school can be a confusing time, especially today with the increasing options for students due to the rapid expansion of digital learning. This is why we believe advisory has to be the spine of the next generation high school.
Future of Learning
Integrated Curriculum: Why it Matters, and Where to Find It
Why do 95% of high schools retain discipline-based structure and staffing decades after the cost has been shown to significantly outweigh the benefit? Here, I look at a number of schools that provide good examples of ways to break the mold.
Smart Lists
Smart List: 100 Middle & High Schools Worth Visiting
School visits are a great way to learn. After a lot of visits of our own, and a number of community recommendations, we’re excited to share this list of 100 secondary schools that can give educators a refreshing outlook on what schools can do.
Project-Based Learning
Scheduling for Learning, Not Convenience
By: Emily Liebtag and Mary Ryerse. When it comes to secondary school scheduling, there are many options. Which schedule is best? It depends what you’re trying to accomplish. Here, we look at a number of approaches and examples.
SEL & Mindset
Developing Self-Directed Learners
Growth of the freelance- and gig-economy makes self-direction an imperative, and the learner experience is crucial when it comes to designing environments where students can learn to be self-directed.
Leadership
30 Leaders on the Successes and Challenges of Project-Based Learning
Along with the Buck Institute for Education, our team is working to support high-quality project-based learning (PBL). We recently asked learning experts what's working in PBL and what needs to improve, and here are their collective responses.
Leadership
35 Leaders on the Successes and Challenges of Project-Based Learning
35 leaders from around the country discuss what is working and what needs improvement in implementing high quality project-based learning.
EdTech
6 Practices of Thoughtful Leaders
Here are examples of thoughtful education leaders creating innovative places where young people can practice consideration, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity in a complex and sometimes overly violent world.
Personalized Learning
Students Ask Big Questions At Science Leadership Academy
Science Leadership Academy (SLA) in Philadelphia is transforming the opportunity set for 500 urban students with an inquiry-based approach. SLA students are asked to consider, "How do we learn?" "What can we create?" "What does it mean to lead?"