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When you think about your experience as an adult, collaborating with coworkers, do you get an uncomfortable pit in your stomach? How often does it go just right? Over my many years and many occupations I have experienced productive, professionally Read More …
Conferencing yielded the best papers I have read in years. When I sat down to “grade” the final papers a few weeks ago, I didn’t need several red pens, as I found there were few errors. I didn’t give hours Read More …
In February of this year, we were honored to host best-selling author, in-demand decision strategist and World Series of Poker bracelet holder Annie Duke for our 11th grade Humanities Course – Viewpoints on Modern America. Annie was a marvelous guest, Read More …
This post first appeared on Reading By Example and is reprinted with permission. The art of reinvention will be the most critical skill of this century. – Yuval Noah Harari This is a question that my current district is wrestling Read More …
First published on Next Gen Learning and reprinted with permission. Envisioning a career superhighway in Vista, CA through empathy interviews with students. Setting an effective vision for the future is a tricky business. It has to start with a kernel Read More …
This is my 5th year using student portfolios in the classroom. Student portfolios can have many different purposes and structures based on what the end goal of the portfolio is. I have to be honest that my use of the Read More …
by Art Costa, Bena Kallick, and Allison Zmuda If students leave our schools knowing more about their ability to learn and who they are becoming as continuous learners, they will be prepared for now and for the future. There is Read More …
When we suggest that a critical element of personalized learning is a cumulative demonstration of learning, we mean that in order for students to discover what they are capable of in the moment as well as how they grow over Read More …
By Jennifer Gonzalez. This post was first published on The Cult of Pedagogy, you can listen to the podcast episode with Mark Wise here. In my 20-year career as an administrator, I’ve had the opportunity to be a fly on the Read More …
by Krissy Hufnagel, Tina Darling, Kelly Bello, and Soroya Smith Krissy Hufnagel is an Innovative Learning Coach for grades preK-6 in Mason City Schools in Mason, OH. She is passionate about growing a school culture in which the whole child Read More …