eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2019

The old open house, parent conference, and PTO model leaves all parties disappointed around an essential partnership needed to support students through the growing complexities of school and life. Acknowledge that old mental models exist. Be intentional about giving families access to all support services.

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Mental Models Failure Schools Communication 279

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

But new ways of teaching like station rotation and fluid-schedule flex models can hit a snag when they run up against the familiar one-teacher-one-classroom setup. Staffing models varied, but most schools featured in the report used a variety of new but related roles. Yet the authors found challenges as well.

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Teachers Coaching Mental Models Culture 160

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2023

Meanwhile, changing demographics of students in U.S. public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. Between 2010 and 2021, the share of white non-Hispanic children fell to 45 percent of public school students, while the share of Hispanic children grew to comprise 28 percent.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 6, 2019

They are: Leadership and school culture lay the foundation. Technology must be leveraged and used as an accelerant for student learning. Community collaboration and engagement must be woven into the fabric of a school’s culture. What I liked about the book. The learning experience must be redesigned and made personal.

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Learning Schools Mental Models Discussions 88

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2016

That’s what professor Jerry Wind asked the audience at the the Reimagine Education conference this week, and he guessed that most envisioned a professor at the front of a group of students gathered in rows. The mental model of the traditional classroom is obsolete,” he told the crowd of college technology leaders.

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