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Imagining Homework That Helps

Homework has come to be one of, if not the most, stressful things that kids worry about today. If you asked 100 high school students what stresses them out in school most, I guarantee that at least 75 of them Read More …

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Starting to Shift: Using the Office Model in the Classroom

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 …

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Using Case Studies for Higher-Level Thinking

Science teacher David Russo from Madison Public Schools, Conn. is part of an innovation project to experiment with personalized learning throughout the year with Allison Zmuda. As I stated in my previous blog post, I have recently converted my Human Read More …

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Authenticity of Experience in Performance Based Assessment

Guest Blog Post by Kristin Mancini. Kristin is the World Language Curricular Lead/Program Coordinator for Madison Public Schools in Madison, CT. She has taught High School Spanish for over ten years. Kristin is currently working on re-imagining K-12 curriculum in Madison Read More …

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Rx for Learning: Creeds Elementary and the Virginia Beach Military Aviation Museum

Creeds Elementary

I recently wrote about Reciprocal Experiences (Rxs) and how they can add a real-world element to any curriculum. Today I’m going to outline an actual example of an Rx that took place between The Virginia Beach Military Aviation Museum and Read More …

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How Did Fifth Graders Help A Museum Increase its Local Visitors?

reciprocal experiences

A fresh perspective can make all the difference. The Virginia Beach Aviation Museum boasted one of the highest “Things to Do” ratings on TripAdvisor.com, yet it was struggling to attract local visitors. “People come from all over the world to Read More …

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Rx for Deeper Learning: Reciprocal Experiences for Schools and Community Partners

deeper learning

Rather than creating made-up scenarios that mimic the work of people in a particular field, why not center learning experiences on authentic community problems? Reciprocal experiences (Rxs) do just that. They are mutually-beneficial partnerships between schools and community organizations that: Read More …

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Leading Personalizing Learning: ASCD CEL 2016 Reflection

ASCD CEL 2016

Bena Kallick and I presented to a few hundred educators on leading personalized learning with Habits of Mind (HOM). As we canvased the room to find out who was there, I was thrilled to see a group of educators from Read More …

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What Happens When Kids Engage in a Presidential Debate?

presidential debate

I have been at Radnor High School in Wayne, PA (my alma mater) since the 1999-2000 school year, and each time a major election has come up, I have taken my classes down to the studio to film candidate debates. Read More …

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Can Students Help Us Get to Mars?

Mars

This past week, President Obama fired up imaginations and aspirations in his declaration — to get humans not only to Mars but to spend time exploring the planet. President Barack Obama: America Is Going to Mars US Will Send People Read More …

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