Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

According to the authors of a new report, it’s not schools that need a “rethink” as much as school staffing. The mental model of how schools are organized is very strong, especially when it comes to staffing,” says Bryan Hassel, the co-president of Public Impact, which authored the report along with the Clayton Christensen Institute.

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2023

You see students taken away from more meaningful learning experiences and kind of plugged into computer screens where it's basically a flashcard. She makes a concerted effort to encourage Latino students at her high school to take computer science classes. And the unfortunate part is that our kids could be doing that now.”

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Lab to Class

MARCH 31, 2024

Math manipulatives are used in many early years math programs as a way to help young children visualize the mathematical concepts they are learning. Math manipulatives are often relegated to only being used for students with Dyscalculia or other learning difficulties.

Math 52

Math Mental Models Textbooks Study 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Amidst the chaos of 2020 we lost a true leader in education in late August just as schools were trying to reopen. Like most of you that knew Sir Ken Robinson’s impact on education, I first learned about him through his wildly popular TED Talk in 2006. Nearly nine out of ten students graduate high school.

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