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From DC Chancellor to Edtech Founder: Kaya Henderson on Her New Venture in Culturally-Relevant Education

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Specifically, she’s launched Reconstruction , a collection of online courses and curriculum focused on Black contributions to American and world history, targeted specifically at Black students. I want teachers and tutors and curriculum designers to be free to do the things that we think are good and right for kids.

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What Student Leaders Think About the Future of Education

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There’s a lot that goes into innovation efforts on campus—think curriculum design, technology training for instructors, and bureaucracy. But too often, a critical element is left out of the process: student voice.

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4 Steps for Humanizing Personalized Learning

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When studying the history of Chicago with my third-grade students, understanding identity was critical to understanding Chicago’s long-standing inequality. Complex instruction leverages open-ended tasks, specifically designed for diverse groups of learners.

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Curious About Place-Based Education? Let the STAR School Be Your Guide

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The curriculum, designed to serve the school’s exclusively Native population, emphasizes Navajo language and culture as much as it does the Common Core standards. For Paul, although the school is rooted in history, there’s a decidedly “pro-technology” feel.

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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

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In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. She obtained her PhD in chemistry education from Bremen University/Germany.

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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

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In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. She obtained her PhD in chemistry education from Bremen University/Germany.

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How Valor Collegiate Academy is Rethinking SEL

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Valor’s “Compass Developmental Pathway” is a competency-based framework that guides curriculum design at both schools. Second is learning strategies, which cover: goal setting, seeking help & resources, learning to learn, and design thinking and creative problem solving.

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