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I jokingly say I am the most disliked person in the building right now due to the conversations I am having with a lot of staff members, a lot needed and a lot overdue, however just not a practice that 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 …
The question we are often asked is “how can we get our community to buy in to personalized learning?” In fact, you can substitute personalized learning for any number of issues and the same “buy in” reference will be made. Read More …
This post is authored by Allison Zmuda, Marie Alcock and Michael Fisher and was first published on the Solution Tree Blog. Based on The Quest For Learning: How To Maximize Student Engagement Have you ever tried to pry yourself or someone Read More …
In high school, things were a little different than I was used to in middle school. A couple of students who were close to me through our extra-curricular activities started to let slip that “everyone was talking about how no Read More …
Have you ever noticed the different ways you respond to feedback? The other day I was folding laundry when my sister stopped by for a visit. As I was folding a shirt, she told me that the way I was Read More …
As an administrator contemplating personalized learning, you may be wondering how to make that shift in culture. How do you transition from a compliant, dutiful group to an engaged group of teachers? An upcoming series of blog posts on Learning Read More …
As a consultant and teacher of critical thinking, close reading, and analytical writing in higher education for over 20 years and counting, I am talking about a quiet little secret shared in both the college and K-12 worlds of writing Read More …
By Chrissie Wywrot At the core of personalized learning is the willingness to embrace unconventional teaching methods, something Kathy Perez encourages in order to engage students in the classroom. After all, what good is quality content if the method through Read More …
By: Allison Zmuda Before I walked into Jessica’s 3rd grade classroom, there were four girls that opened the door upon my arrival. They all had a combination of confidence, excitement, and nervousness about them as they wanted to make sure Read More …