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Moving from industrial education to deeper learning

eSchool News

If we can move beyond the industrial model and engage in place-based education that connects to the community outside the school, teachers can still be experts, but they can also be facilitators who open the door to a world of potential partners with their own areas of expertise. That’s where the magic happens.

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The Power of Connect, Extend, Challenge

Catlin Tucker

Teachers can leverage the power of thinking routines developed by Project Zero at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to help students develop their metacognitive muscles. Challenge: Ask students to critically evaluate any ambiguities or contradictions in the text. playing soccer on sand vs. grass).

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5 models that prioritize learner-centered education

eSchool News

Often team-taught and generally in-person, these courses are inspired by teachers’ and learners’ own passions. For an elective on ceramics, learners spend an entire day every week working on ceramics projects; and one physical education elective takes learners out into the Colorado Rockies for hiking and rock climbing.

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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

Edsurge

The participation of HBCUs is notable in part because they play a key role in training future K-12 science teachers. They administered surveys to teachers and students and developed assessments that were given when the program started and after it ended. Other challenges seem to have set back STEM education, too.

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3 Ways to Ensure New K–12 Digital Infrastructure Fits

EdTech Magazine

While K–12 schools are working to guarantee their data is secure , educational IT experts are raising concerns over the safety and accessibility of physical IT infrastructure in schools. . As the use of technology in education grows, schools may want to revisit infrastructure strategies to ensure critical technology is securely housed.

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ESSA’s Flexible Accountability Measures Give PE Teachers (and Entrepreneurs) Hope

Edsurge

One of the gauges states are using is Physical Education (PE). Physical Education and the ‘Whole Child’ Fitness evaluation at the state-level is entirely new for Vermont. Technology can encourage students to do physical education and activities, not only in school but perhaps when they go home,” he says.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 10 dedicated educators

eSchool News

The implementation also helped address challenges with certifications and staffing for their early college high school and STEM high school–when they no longer had a university partner providing physical education credits, Edmentum filled that gap with highly qualified, state-certified teachers and award-winning curriculum.

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