eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2015

Wisconsin school puts focus on personalized learning, student choice, and open learning spaces. That was before the staff moved out all the books to combine two grade levels in one room—part of an experimental model of instruction now deeply rooted at Walker and hailed by many as the future of education.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2019

Source: The House Author and school design consultant Robert Dillon calls the variation in learning spaces—large tables, sitting areas and glass-walled breakout rooms—“micro-environments,” and says it’s similar to what districts around the country are attempting to create using open learning spaces and flexible furniture. “I

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2019

We’ve had a lot of success in the open-learning space, driving a fair amount of this growth,” he says. We’ve developed this set of teams that creates exemplary online-learning environments and experiences. In parallel, we’ve developed a team that builds tools that enhance the residential learning environment.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2017

We envision a school where each student progresses along an individual learning continuum and educators focus on developing skills, such as collaboration, perspective taking, technological adeptness, problem solving and adaptability. That makes hiring a tricky and detailed process, especially for my first hire.

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Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

For me, it was a pivotal moment in my teaching where I began looking for additional pedagogical tools to not only better help my students understand the material but also better keep a pulse on the class and their learning and development. In these spaces, the teacher is not the only one with knowledge. Image courtesy of Wix.

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