What’s happened to get people thinking and talking about “different” instead of “better?”
16 Modern Realities Schools (and Parents) Need to Accept. Now. - Modern Learning - Medium - 0 views
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The Web and the technologies that drive it are fundamentally changing the way we think about how we can learn and become educated in a globally networked and connected world. It has absolutely exploded our ability to learn on our own in ways that schools weren’t built for.
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In that respect, current systems of schooling are an increasingly significant barrier to progress when it comes to learning.
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Are You Sabotaging Your Classroom Management? | Cult of Pedagogy - 0 views
Get Rid of Grade Levels: A Personalized Learning Recipe for Public School Districts | E... - 0 views
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The problem with the current public education model is that it was created for the industrial revolution.
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Harrisburg, South Dakota is taking concrete steps to go from teacher-driven to student driven learning.
Self Directed Learning: 15 Ways of the Successful Self-Directed Learner - 1 views
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1. Takes initiative
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2. Is comfortable with independence
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3. Is persistent
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What poor children need in school - 0 views
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Most educational policy elites, whether in government or in the nonprofit sector, mean well.
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Yet policymakers tend to come from a relatively privileged slice of American society. And they tend to possess a set of beliefs and assumptions distinct to their background.
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But in most cases, the fact that decision-makers inhabit a different world from students—and particularly, poor students—is a matter of great significance.
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More Than Half of Students 'Engaged' in School, Says Poll - Education Week - 1 views
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Students who strongly agree that they have at least one teacher who makes them "feel excited about the future" and that their school is "committed to building the strengths of each student" are 30 times more likely than students who strongly disagree with those statements to show other signs of engagement in the classroom—a key predictor of academic success, according to a report released Wednesday by Gallup Education.
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"Many, many, many teachers, principals and superintendents have known for literally decades that if we don't engage students to care about being in school, that's going to get in the way of learning," he said.
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"One of the big problems with No Child Left Behind and even [the Common Core State Standards] is that we are only focused on students' cognitive learning,"
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Leap into Problem Based Learning - 1 views
Poor kids who do everything right don't do better than rich kids who do everything wron... - 0 views
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America is the land of opportunity, just for some more than others.
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it's not just a matter of dollars and cents. It's also a matter of letters and words. Affluent parents talk to their kids three more hours a week on average than poor parents, which is critical during a child's formative early years.
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Even poor kids who do everything right don't do much better than rich kids who do everything wrong. Advantages and disadvantages, in other words, tend to perpetuate themselves.
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Ambiverts, Problem-Finders, and the Surprising Psychology of Making Your Ideas Happen |... - 0 views
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