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Three years ago I faced a crossroads in my career. Previously, I had cultivated professional experience as a Spanish instructor within high-needs New York City Public Schools that relied on Title I funding. As a second language learner and aspiring Read More …
I was introduced to Christine Laurenzi through my content and digital media strategist, Chrissie Wywrot. Christine and Chrissie graduated high school together and, coincidentally, Christine is as personalized learning advocate as I am. Christine was invited to give a TEDx Read More …
This post was originally published on Christine’s school website, individualizededu.com, and re-published on Learning Personalized with permission. Last night was the first night my husband and I spent in our new home. We closed on the house two weeks ago Read More …
Each child in America is beautifully unique … so why is our education system designed to evaluate and teach them all the same? That is the question Indi-Ed Founder and Lead Teacher Christine Laurenzi addressed in her TEDx talk last Read More …
Todd Rose is a faculty member (educational neuroscience) at Harvard who has dedicated himself to putting an end to average. As a high school dropout, he is more than familiar with how a capable student can get lost in the Read More …
Grades are often assigned based upon curriculum that looks at the average knowledge of a student base. Students should know X, Y, and Z, by the time they are X-years old. If they don’t, they receive a lower grade. That Read More …
Guest Post: Parag Joshi — Lead Teacher of Truth Academy at Manchester High School, Manchester, CT The charge of the anthropologist to “make the strange familiar and the familiar strange” always struck me as profoundly important in loosening up the Read More …
A powerful TED Talk where Tony Wagner contends that the culture of schooling is at odds with the culture of innovating. A couple of key highlights. Our schools do not need reforming. They are obsolete and need reinventing. America has Read More …
By Ben Smith I am a vigorous advocate of social media as a required form of professional development for teachers. Let me explain. Years ago, I was tasked with teaching an “Introduction to computers” class to all 9th graders at Read More …
I first saw Shane Koyczan present to school staff in a school district right outside of Vancouver. A brilliant and colorful Canadian poet, he talks about dreams and love and rage and growing up. This is an excerpt from a Read More …