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Podcast: Randy Fielding on Learning Environments for the Future
Randy Fielding, the founder of Fielding Nair International, a global leader in designing learning communities, sits down with Tom and shares some of FNI's design principles aligned to the future of learning.
Contribution: Schools Alive with Possibility
Tom Vander Ark discusses the importance of schools providing a focus on contribution through challenges and design thinking. Students have the power to address real-world problems as they embrace complexities associated with the future of work and contribute to their community.
Workspace Education: A Creative Approach to Competency- and Project-Based Science
By: Erik Day and Michelle Berkeley. This innovative learning community focused on project-based learning has instituted a competency-based science program using badge criteria for students to create a personalized pathway tailored to their unique interests.
Studio-Based Learning and Self-Directed Students at NuVu
Learn more about how NuVu, an innovation school located in Massachusetts, implements a studio-based learning model that provides students the opportunity to problem-solve through creating and building.
It’s Time to Separate Facilities From Operations
The way we build, manage and maintain public school buildings is inefficient and exacerbates some of the biggest challenges in education. It's time for us to rethink the relationship between learning programs and public facilities. Tom proposes a change to how facilities are provided for public education programming.
Getting Started with High School Redesign
Thinking about high school redesign? We've assembled a great reading list to get you started.
Organizing Your School As A List Of Courses Doesn’t Work for Learners
A list of courses will not help young people (in high school or college) find and begin to make their unique contribution. It’s time to move beyond the historical structures and practices what we inherited in education and start doing the right thing for kids.
Place-Based Education Anchors Learning in the Community
David Ross explains how in Place-Based Education the nature of a place determines the culture of the classroom to an extraordinary degree.
Canadian in Paris: The Life and Work of an International Educator
In this episode of the podcast, Tom sits down with Daniel to learn more about his life as an international educator, the American School of Paris, Daniel's goals and challenges and what he thinks all American educators should know about international education.
BASIS: Inside the Acclaimed School Network Blending the World’s Best Education Practices
By: Kate Stringer. The BASIS network is moving toward creating what the network hopes will be a more empathetic student population ready to tackle global issues. Learn more about their approach here.