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As the new school year is officially in full swing and the initial excitement of the first weeks has faded, one of the most important concerns on many educators’ minds is how to keep students motivated. Over the Labor Read More …
I’ve been an admirer of Starr Sackstein and her work for a long time. She’s been a beacon for years on moving away from grading and moving toward a focus on self-directed learning. She has made real movements in pedagogy and Read More …
Engagement When designing the Vista Innovation & Design Academy (VIDA), we sought to gather empathy from students and as a result made a poignant discovery: students, particularly those from poverty, felt that school was irrelevant to their lives. We endeavored Read More …
Three Interrelated Roles of the Contemporary Teacher One of the common questions we often are asked about personalized learning is, “Am I doing ‘it’ right?” To personalize a lesson or personalize an assignment is grounded in a mindset shift — Read More …
We interviewed Giselle Martin-Kniep, president of the Learner Centered Initiative. As always, Giselle is a very thoughtful educator. We explored her work with civic engagement paying attention to how she provides opportunities for students, teachers, administrators, and community members to Read More …
The piece “No, Teachers Should Not Put Students in the Driver’s Seat,” immediately captured our attention because of its either/or polarizing title and because the article proceeds to limit thinking to whether you mean to put students at the center Read More …
This post was first published on Pam Moran’s Medium page and is republished with her permission. I’ve been in deep reflection on the grief of leaving after 43 years my work as a public educator inside schools and learning. I’ve Read More …
Instructional practices, like the physical formats of music, have evolved in response to technological developments. Vinyl records made way for 8-tracks as primers became textbooks. Cassette tapes were swapped for CDs, like chalkboards for SmartBoards. The shift to online music Read More …
When my wife was seven months pregnant with our first child, we moved into my parents’ spare bedroom. We had just rented out our house, and we were six weeks away from closing escrow on our new home where we Read More …
Last Wednesday, I had the privilege of being a voice of 42,000 students in my school district of Henry County. Each year, Henry County Schools offer a Teacher Induction Program the week before pre-planning that allows new educators to the Read More …