How Teacher-Created Free Online Resources Are Changing the Classroom
In this blog post, Katrina Schwartz, a San Francisco-based journalist, explores why some teachers are putting down the textbooks and instead opting for teacher-created online resources to create personalized learning experiences in their classrooms. She reports on the work of two schools in California who have been creating teacher-designed curriculum using online open educational resources… Read More ›
The Design Thinking Toolkit for Educators
This toolkit, Design Thinking for Educators, introduces the concept of design thinking to help educators, school, and district leaders create impactful solutions to tough challenges. It outlines a process and method to approach problem solving and planning in an intentional and collaborative way. IDEO, a design firm, worked with Riverdale Country School, a Pre-K through… Read More ›
Career And Technical Education: Boom Or Bust?
This article discusses the history of Career and Technical Education (CTE) and the current debates around it through an interview with Anthony Carnevale, Director of the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University. The interview explores the history of vocational and CTE in high schools as well as changes in the current economy and the… Read More ›
Will Eliminating the “F” Eliminate Bad School Design?
In this article, Julia Freeland Fisher, Director of education research at the Clayton Christensen Institute discusses the possible effects of eliminating the “F” from grading systems, and what that means for competency-based learning strategies. She notes that while the dreaded “F” is going out of vogue in schools, educators must consider whether students in turn… Read More ›
Personalizing 21st Century Education: A Framework for Student Success
This book, Personalizing 21st Century Education: A Framework for Student Success, begins with a manifesto for change, emphasizing the significance of true personalization for every learner. Next, it describes classroom, school, and system-level performance indicators that suggest personalization is alive and well. The authors also examines the historical origins of most modern school cultures—i.e., a… Read More ›
Connecting Ed and Tech: Partnering to Drive Student Outcomes
This case study describes the solution one charter school found to help scale up their personalized learning model through a unique partnership. Leadership Public Schools (LPS), a charter school management organization that operates high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, has developed their own technology to support personalized learning which provided students with individual… Read More ›
Five Time-Saving Strategies for the Flipped Classroom
In this article, education professor and owner of FLIP It Consulting, Barbi Honeycutt, addresses a major concern of many educators trying to create a flipped classroom. Teachers can easily feel overwhelmed by the time requirements needed to switch to this instructional model. The author suggests adapting the idea of creating margins, “the gap between rest… Read More ›
Notes from the Field: Personalized Learning
This blog series was originally posted on August 31, 2016 by The Center for Reinventing Public Education (CRPE). Students at the Center Hub staff pulled blog quotes. In 2015, CRPE kicked off a multi-year, multi-method study of district and regional systemic efforts to support schools implementing personalized learning. Personalized learning (PL) is designed to tailor… Read More ›
Making Blended Work
This paper captures conversations on blended learning and presents actionable suggestions for districts to follow on their own paths to blended learning. The Center for Digital Education (CDE) called upon leading chief academic officers (CAOs) from across the country to weigh in on the state of blended learning today, as well as the challenges and… Read More ›
International Institute for Restorative Practices and SaferSanerSchools
The International Institute for Restorative Practices is a graduate school that offers professional development opportunities and resources related to restorative practices. They offer a variety of symposia and conferences for graduate and continuing education credit, as well as free webinars. They also feature online learning communities and newsletters, including SaferSanerSchools News, which focuses on restorative… Read More ›
Restorative Justice in U.S. Schools: Summary Findings from Interviews with Experts
This report provides an overview of the rise and reasons for the use of restorative justice in schools and a summary of practices currently being used. It also explores the successes and challenges of these practices. The report includes a list of related, relevant reports/research on the topic. Of note are “Restorative Justice in U.S.… Read More ›
Center for Restorative Justice and the Institute for Restorative Schools
This website offers programming in restorative practices for all members of the school community – teachers, administrators, support staff, SROs, parents, and students – to assist schools in the development, implementation, and evaluation of school-based restorative practices. The Institute for Restorative Schools is based at the Center for Restorative Justice at Suffolk University in Boston, MA. Source… Read More ›