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JULY 3, 2018

In schools, design thinking complements inquiry- and project-based approaches to teaching and learning. I had the privilege of attending a couple of deep dives into design thinking at Stanford’s d.School. Design thinking is a social-scientific approach to solving human-centered problems. The inquiry cycle.

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APRIL 15, 2024

A study co-authored by MIT scholars concludes that widely disseminated school quality ratings reflect the preparation and family background of their students as much or more than a school’s contribution to learning gains. Conventional ratings, the research makes clear, are highly correlated with race.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Future City challenges middle-school students to take four months to imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future using the free platform SimCity. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Future City. When done, they build a scale model of their city and present it to a panel of judges.

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