NYC iSchool :: A Model for 21st Century Learning - 0 views
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Matthew Webb on 17 Oct 12The NYC iSchool uses a variety of instructional and project-based methods. I think it would be an excellent model for Winooski!
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Tired of PD? Try an Edcamp - 0 views
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PD shouldn't be done to teachers, it should be generated BY teachers. Sounds a lot like the good kind of meetings I've been to, including the Partnership. Ensures relevance and ownership of the process. Maybe a method the Partnership should learn more about
How, and How Not, to Improve the Schools by Diane Ravitch | The New York Review of Books - 0 views
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Lessons from Finland on the professionalization of teaching, lessons from Teach For America on its de-professionalization.
It's Time to Re-Think the U.S. Education System - Tammy Erickson - Harvard Business Review - 0 views
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Quick piece on the gap between school and the "real world" of today's 11-13 year olds.
http://www.sethgodin.com/sg/docs/stopstealingdreamsscreen.pdf - 0 views
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A profoundly insightful articulation of how and why education must change now.
Wright'sRoom - 0 views
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The blog of "Shelley Wright, who beautifully blogged her journey from stand-and-deliver teaching at the front of the classroom to an inquiry-based, technology-rich approach that found her learning along with her students," according to Will Richardson.
iPads expand time and space in schools | District Administration Magazine - 0 views
NESSC Leadership in Action Brief: Proficiency-Based Diploma - 0 views
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This brief information packet from the New England Secondary Schools Consortium (NESSC) does a great job of concisely laying out the history and philosophy underlying a desire to move to a Proficiency-Based Diploma.
Partnerships for Learning: Community Support for Youth Success - 0 views
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A Harvard report outlining what is essential for successful family and community partnerships with schools.
What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? - 0 views
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A fascinating NYTMagazine article about character education.This isn't the same brand of character education that I had in Home Ec... At Riverdale, students are learning how to learn, how to succeed, and how effort leads to success.
Thoughts on Sudbury Valley School - 0 views
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Thought provoking article on the Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts. Very radical and VERY exciting approach to school.
Boulder Valley to use new model to teach teachers about technology - Boulder Daily Camera - 0 views
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An interesting, fully developed, and shared -- though not yet implemented -- model of teachers as tech mentors.
School Commissioner's Corner - 1 views
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A recent article by a BSD school board member about the PfC and UVM's Rowland Conference.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: 25 Ways to Develop 21st Century Thinkers - 0 views
What If You Could Learn Everything? - Newsweek and The Daily Beast - 2 views
Including Student Voice from March 29, 2013 Edutopia - 0 views
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"One of the principles guiding the transformation work at Sammamish is that student achievement and engagement will increase when students have more ownership of their school community..."
Turning Education Upside Down - NYTimes.com - 1 views
Improving School Lunch by Design in the NYTimes - 1 views
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""When adults dine, we don't just think about the food," explained Orla O'Keeffe, the executive director of policy and operations. "The food is important, but so is what's going on around it: the ambience, the service, the company. Why would we assume kids are any different?""
7 Things You Should Know About Flipped Classrooms - 0 views
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Succinct summary explaining the flipped classroom, advantages, challenges and implications for the future.
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