Introducing the Fuse Architect Schools – Woonsocket High School and the Woonsocket Area Career and Technical Center
The only high school in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Woonsocket High School is led by principal Carnell Henderson with a school mission to “do what is in the best interests of this community’s students so they are provided opportunities to develop 21st century skills and competencies in order to meet life’s challenges with confidence.” One… Read More ›
The Influence of Teaching Beyond Standardized Test Scores: Engagement, Mindsets, and Agency
This report was sponsored by the Raikes Foundation. It is a follow-up to “Teaching Adolescents to Become Learners – the Role of Noncognitive Factors in Shaping School Performance: A Critical Literature Review,” a CCSR report written in 2012. This report is in response to a “need for more research on the role of school and… Read More ›
Continuous Improvement in Education
This white paper by Sandra Park, Penny Carver, Lee Nordstrum, and Stephanie Hironaka, provides examples that illustrate how continuous quality improvement methodology is being applied in education toward the goals of making education more efficient, effective, and equitable. The examples are organized in three broad categories: at the level of classroom instruction, system-wide, and improvement efforts with collective… Read More ›
Snakes Are Born This Way: Illuminating Standards (Video)
This video, based on Lady Gaga’s hit song “Born This Way” is performed by a group of second graders at the Conservatory Lab Charter School in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It was created after completing extensive research on snakes, the students wrote, performed, and produced the song “Snakes Are Born This Way”. Source Organization: Expeditionary Learning
Water Quality and Future Use of Loon Pond (Video)
This video provides an overview of how a 9th grade biology class was able to provide a civic service while gaining a deep understanding of content using the scientific method, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. This example of community-oriented, anytime/anywhere, project-based learning began through a conversation between the students’ biology teacher and the City of Springfield.… Read More ›
The Eye of the Storm Learning Expedition: Illuminating Standards (Video)
This five minute video documents the class of 2015 at Casco Bay High School for Expeditionary Learning in Portland, Maine who focused their junior year’s work on climate change. In the fall, they studied both the chemistry and the policy. In the spring, they began to consider the human side of things when their humanities teacher,… Read More ›
Extended Learning Opportunities at Pittsfield Middle High School (Video)
This 15 minute video, with support from Nellie Mae Education Foundation and Julie Mallozzi , showcases Pittsfield Middle High School putting students at the center of their own learning. Students engage in a variety of extended learning opportunities that enable them to find and explore their own passions outside of the classroom. Source Organization: Nellie Mae… Read More ›
Inquiry-Based Learning at Pittsfield Middle High School (Video)
In this video, with support from Nellie Mae Education Foundation and Julie Mallozzi, High School English teacher Jenny Wellington and her students lead viewers through an inquiry-based unit in their English 12 Composition class. Source Organization: Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Incorporating 21st Century Skills in the Classroom (Video)
This Students at the Center Hub video explores how teachers incorporate 21st century skills into core subject classes. What does it look like in action? How does this help prepare students for college and career, and enrich their core subject learning? Source Organization: Students at the Center
Building Your Roadmap For 21st Century Learning Environments
This resource, developed by the Cable Impacts Foundation, the Partnership for 21st Century Learning and the State Educational Technology Directors Association, is for education leaders interested in transitioning to 21st-century learning environments. Using the Roadmap, educational leaders can determine where their system is and where they need to go in each of the topic areas,… Read More ›
4 Things Innovative Districts Do To Improve Graduation Rates
This article looks at practices from Digital Promise’s League of Innovative Schools, a coalition of forward-thinking districts and leaders across the country, who are committed to improving the opportunity to learn for all of their students through technology and research. The article offers examples from schools across the nation that are providing new ways for access… Read More ›
6 Strategies to Truly Personalize Project-Based Learning
This article looks at ways project-based learning and personalized learning strategies can be coupled together to engage students through authentic, personal work while developing necessary skills for success. Education consultant Andrew Miller shares six strategies to support personalized project-based learning in the classroom. Source Organization: Edutopia Visit the Resource