Supporting Language & Content Learning in Math
Patricia Segura, a 9th-grade English teacher at Fremont High School in Oakland, CA, allows viewers to spend a day in her classroom of “newcomer students.” A “newcomer student” is one who has lived in the United States for less than a year, and typically serve students from various grade levels. Segura walks viewers through the importance of supporting student… Read More ›
Author’s Purpose: Analyzing & Adapting Texts
In this video, Sean McCombe, an AVID (Advancement via Individualized Determination) teacher, walks viewers through the process of Analyzing, Composing, and Performing literature—a method he uses in his classroom when assigning his students a paper or book to read. Source Organization: Teaching Channel
How to Plan and Create True Flexible Learning Spaces
This article is part of a series on flexible learning spaces. Teachers who are moving to a blended learning paradigm soon realize that their traditional physical “classrooms” need modification. In most cases, traditional furniture in a traditional room with a whiteboard at the front doesn’t support any of the blended learning models. Thus, an organization that… Read More ›
When Kids Lead Their Parent-Teacher Conferences
This article is on the student-led parent-teacher conferences at Pittsfield Middle High School.Student-led parent-teacher conferences happen twice a year and have replaced the old format of parent-teacher conferences at Pittsfield Middle High School, a rural New Hampshire campus that takes a “student-centered learning” approach to schooling. With this model, students are given more freedom to… Read More ›
Digital Media & Learning Conference 2016
The 7th annual Digital Media and Learning (DML) Conference takes place in Irvine, CA from October 5th through 7th. This international gathering brings together a vibrant and diverse community of innovators, thinkers, and progressive educators to delve into leading-edge topics in digital media and learning. DML builds connections across research, design, and practice in the service… Read More ›
ISTE 2016
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is hosting its annual conference from June 26th through 29th in Denver, Colorado. ISTE’s mission is to empower learners to flourish in a connected world by cultivating a passionate professional learning community, linking educators and partners, leveraging knowledge and expertise, advocating for strategic policies, and continually improving learning and… Read More ›
Let Teachers Design Better Ways to Use School Time
This post originally appeared on the Huffington Post Education Blog. In the past three years, more than a million students have experienced Expanded Learning Time (ELT) initiatives granting at least 30 additional minutes per day (and/or 10 days per year) at school. Where ELT is being implemented thoughtfully, there is outstanding potential to improve student achievement.… Read More ›
Getting Creative About Credit: Expanding Opportunities With and For Urban High School Students
This post originally appeared on the New England Secondary School Consortium on behalf of Great Schools Partnership. In Woonsocket, Rhode Island, the Blackstone River runs deep. If you visit the city’s downtown, you can’t help but drive alongside the waterway or crisscross it via a bridge or two. It’s everywhere. But as with anything you… Read More ›
The Culture of Data Use Workshop Toolkit
The Culture of Data Use Workshop Toolkit helps school and district teams apply research to practice as they establish and support a culture of data use in their educational setting. The field-tested workshop toolkit guides teams through a set of structured activities to develop an understanding of data-use research in schools and to analyze examples… Read More ›
Five Things for Big Districts to Think About
This post shares a few thoughts the author has developed on how big districts can make the transition to competency-based education. Much of the first wave of districts making the transition to competency-based education have been small districts. They’ve been able to engage their communities at the district level. They often asked teachers to vote before they… Read More ›
Massachusetts Personalized Learning Network
This network believes that personalized learning is the key to achieving success and educational equity for all students in the Commonwealth. With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), schools, districts, and states have the opportunity to rethink how to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and entrepreneurial spirit that will be necessary… Read More ›
Charleston County School District: Breaking Ground for Personalized Learning in Big Districts
This post, which is a part of a series based on Chris Sturgis’s two days with Dr. Kristen Brittingham, Director of Personalized Learning; Sherry Kirkland, Personalized Learning Professional Development Administrator; and a team of personalized learning coaches, principals, and teachers, shares some of the most important things she’s learned. These professionals are a part of the Charleston… Read More ›