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...New York City school system's Innovation Zone, a three-year initiative launched by the 1.1 million-student district last fall that aims to test new and different ways for educating students and managing schools.

The Blueprint for Teaching and Learning: The Moving Image (preK -12) is divided into three types of media: Film, Television, and Animation. Each of the 5 strands-Making Moving Images; Literacy; Connections; Cultural Resources; and Careers and Lifelong Learning-includes benchmarks, indicators of student learning, and suggested activities...

Great resource! Thanks! Will be sure to pass it on to the teachers that need this. Specially the opportunities section.

DOE designed tool kit to help teachers make the best use of teacher data reports.

Quest to Learn a new taxpayer funded school in NYC using games rather than chalk and talk.

NYC 'School of One' nominated as one of the 50 Best Inventions of 2009 - best new gadgets and breakthrough ideas...

I am intrigued by this idea, but worried that it will lead to a focus on math procedures over conceptual understanding. I think the latter is possible, just harder. Does anyone know if this is actually a school or if any schools are doing this? The article just refers to a summer school experiment.