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Blended, Project-Based and Social Emotional Learning at Thrive Public Schools
A San Diego school gives visitors a glimpse of the future of learning--blended, personalized and competency-based.
Putting the “Learner” in Learner-Centered STEM
Students and teachers from Harmony Public Schools describe the learner experience in a Learner-Centered STEM classroom.
Habits of Success: Tools From Innovative Schools
Leading teacher development platform Bloomboard recently launched Collections of teacher resources. Collections are bite-sized resources that help educators learn how to put theory into practice. Here is a Collection on Habits of Success.
4 Ways to Promote Growth Mindset in Project-Based Learning
By: Charity Moran Parsons. Project-based learning in the classroom supports the development of a growth mindset. Students' perceptions of their own ability to do the hard work happens when teachers engage in reflection with students, build skills in sustained inquiry over time and more. Here are some best practices for using PBL to support growth mindset.
How 2 Minutes of SEL Can Change the Tone for the Day
What if two-minutes could change the tone of the classroom for the entire day? We visited Margie DiMuzio and Brittany Noble's classroom at Carson K-8 School in Cincinnati Public Schools, an innovative blended approach to teaching SEL to see how they are using two-minutes to change an classroom tone and attitude.
Personalizing Math and Success Skills in Brooklyn
Data can be a tremendous asset to mobilizing school communities and unlocking the potential of teachers and learners. At Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School (LAB) real-time, ongoing assessment that informs educator practice, coupled with personalized learning, serve as the primary drivers of academic achievement.
Cognitive Learning Fuels the Corporate Wellness Movement
Organizations are using a variety of well-being programs to improve employees health and create happy, productive, thriving workforces.
Four Steps to Transforming a School
Four higher level practices that have the potential of transforming a school including data-informed instruction, student-centered pedagogy and approaches, continual improvement and innovation process, and caring adults.
10 Tips for Developing Student Agency
Student agency may be as important an outcome of schooling as basic skills according to a new Harvard study. "The Influence of Teaching Beyond Standardized Test Scores: Engagement, Mindsets, and Agency" makes 10 suggestions for teaching.
Elements of High Agency School Environments
A successful school-based learning environment includes a culture of continual improvement that fosters agency and intrinsically motivated professional development among teachers, while supporting innovation and experimentation.