Edsurge

APRIL 11, 2017

Kurani is a licensed architect who focuses his work on learning spaces, and currently teaches a “Learning Environments for Tomorrow” course at the Harvard Graduate School of Education every year. Educators] are such passionate people—undervalued, but always showing up with their best. Danish Kurani.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2019

High school students have created prototypes for innovations that redefine how we travel in the air and support sustainable living on Mars. We have seen this transformation first-hand here at Arizona Science Center’s CREATE makerspace , where I work.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

These experiences lend themselves to project-based learning: Students who experience collaborative learning models develop a deeper understanding of the subject, exhibit greater problem-solving and critical-learning skills and convey greater confidence in their learning abilities.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Anthony Principe worked as a special education teacher in Boston, Mass. for more than 30 years, and throughout that period he watched the educators in his city experiment with different instructional philosophies. For Principe, this type of response indicates a problematic lack of planning between schools.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2016

The exciting part of our story is that these redesigned learning spaces have indeed influenced the shift in instructional practice among our own staff, and with our schools who have—and are—replicating this work. Pleasant Middle School , who partnered with our agency in the design of classroom (shown above).

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2017

In response to these challenges, the NYCDOE launched WeTeachNYC in September 2015, an online professional learning space for teachers and school leaders.WeTeachNYC was designed based on three core understandings: Educators benefit from having a centralized space where resources and opportunities are easily discoverable.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2018

How Transforming the Physical Space Impacts Lesson Design As schools transition to student-centered learning environments, we often see them redesign learning spaces. Schools all over the country are looking to create flexible, open spaces in their schools for collaboration.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2017

In response to these challenges, the NYCDOE launched WeTeachNYC in September 2015, an online professional learning space for teachers and school leaders.WeTeachNYC was designed based on three core understandings: Educators benefit from having a centralized space where resources and opportunities are easily discoverable.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Classrooms throughout the district are outfitted equitably with technology and have an adequate infrastructure teachers need for engaging learning environments. Shawn is a visionary when it comes education technology and how it can change and shape the minds of students.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

In 2015, after the state passed a law requiring each local board of education to have a virtual option for students in grades 9-12, the Athens City School District created Renaissance. This is very different,” says Brown, the new principal at Renaissance who came from a traditional middle school last May. “We

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2018

Then I paused, and assured them that, “I’m not naive, I’ve been a New York City Police Officer, I’ve seen a world of violence, and,” in a nod to the fire expert who sat across the table from me, “I went to a huge high school that burned to the ground.” This space is for 130–140 multiage kids and six teachers. was rebuilt.

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