Moving Students From Consumers To Creators To Contributors
Education has the power to change communities — here, we discuss moving students from consumers to creators to contributors.
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As The World Changes, How Should School Change?
Amazon has 800-word reviews on exercise machines, but the best we can do to evaluate the quality of learning is to ‘hear’ a school is ‘good.’
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Help Us Beta Test TeachThought Groups
Want to help us beta test TeachThought Groups? If want to grow, you might find this opportunity worth a few minutes of your time.
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What Is Edcamp-in-a-box?
Edcamp-in-a-Box is a free resource kit sent to organizers of registered Edcamps and contains nametags, Session Board materials, lanyards, and more.
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Characteristics Of A Good School
A good school decenters itself–makes its curriculum, policies, and other ‘pieces’ less visible than students and hope and growth.
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Survey: High School Students Are Tired, Bored, And Stressed
Researchers surveyed 21,678 American high school students and found that nearly 75% of the students’ emotions about school were negative.
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Actors Theater Announces Young Playwrights Festival
Actors Theatre of Louisville is proud to announce the return of the 15th anniual New Voices Young Playwrights Festival April 27-29, 2020.
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What Is Edcamp? An Overview For Teachers
Edcamp is a participant-driven approach to PD. The result is a teacher-centered, ‘bottom-up’ approach to teacher improvement.
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8 Steps For Teaching Through Project-Based Learning
What are the steps for teaching through project-based learning in your classroom? Like all good teaching, it starts with students.
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PBL Spotlight: Pakistan Kindergarteners Tackle Food Waste
In this project, some serious questions were raised–above all “How can we help and where do we begin?”
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Britannica Digital Adds Pear Deck To Social Studies Platform
Britannica Digital Learning, in partnership with Pear Deck, has introduced new interactive activities to its social studies platform.
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How Money Works: 5 Critical Financial Literacy Concepts
A lack of financial literacy can cause students to spend a lifetime struggling with money, when the real issue is how they think about money.
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What Steve Jobs Said About Education
“What’s wrong with education cannot be fixed with technology. No amount of technology will make a dent. The problems are sociopolitical.”
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The Problem With Most School Mission Statements
Why do we create school mission statements alongside the planets & stars, then insist on data and strategies grounded in research & reality?
