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Why I Believe We Need to Redesign Schools Around Decision-Making

Edsurge

In grade school, I was a confident student who knew how to ace tests and please my teachers. One time, I planned a novel study around a book my students selected, but I was forced by an administrator to trade it in for standardized test prep. Once I got to college, however, my A-student record failed me.

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How Gamification Uncovers Nuance In The Learning Process

Teach Thought

Knowledge is evaluated with a slew of assignments and tests, and a letter grade is given as a kind of trophy—As are big trophies, Fs trophies of the wrong kind, but trophies still. You’re making a game out of something that isn’t. The Grade Point Average might be the most visible example of gamification in school. Class rankings?

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Engaging Strategies for Reluctant Learners in High School

Teachers Pay Teachers

Build up foundational knowledge Many students enter high school with gaps in their instruction, making many lessons and activities feel impossibly difficult. Find new ways to assess learning Reluctant learners often suffer from test anxiety , especially by the time they reach high school.

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What Schools Look for in Vendors: Building Trust and Credibility

k12 Prospects

Decision-makers want reassurance that a product or service has been tested and proven effective in similar environments. Failure to meet these requirements can result in rejection, regardless of a product’s quality. Schools are more likely to trust vendors who actively engage in educational conversations.

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Re-Visiting Ivan Illich: Deschooling Society

Teacher Toms Blog

"(L)earning is the human activity which least needs manipulation by others. The failures of school are taken by most people as proof that education is very costly, very complex, always arcane, and frequently impossible task." Testing was rare and largely inconsequential. Most learning is not the result of instruction.

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Visible Learning and John Hattie

Ask a Tech Teacher

They all worked for a while and then, maybe when the novelty wore off, I was back to the same Bell curve of successes, failures, and those in between. The success or failure of my students’ learning is about what I do or don’t do. The same could be said of Standards and curricula adopted in my varied teaching gigs. Or not occurring.

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7 discoveries from an active learning classroom

eSchool News

Spaces flooded with natural light that allow for a variety of learning methods and activities, and spaces that let students feel a sense of ownership over the classroom, demonstrably affect how well students learn. Through active learning, the teacher gradually releases control to the students, encouraging them to become independent learners.