Digital Promise

JULY 21, 2020

Not only is it important, it’s more urgent now than ever—which is why we’re sharing our new Real World Learning Playbook. Digital Promise has been working with districts, leaders, and researchers to identify pressing challenges in supporting real world learning opportunities for students since 2018.

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Project-Based Learning Middle School Public School Cultures 114

Digital Promise

MAY 7, 2019

In July 2018, Digital Promise launched a new Maker Learning Leadership Cohort. This cohort program is dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. Maker learning is more than just making “stuff.”

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Project-Based Learning Leadership Critical Thinking Research 132

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Studies suggest that instructional coaching is one such thoughtful intervention, providing a critical form of professional development to improve teacher practice (Kraft, Blazar, & Hogan, 2018; Knight, 2007). Extended Professional Development in Project-Based Learning: Impacts on 21st Century Skills Teaching and Student Achievement.

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Professional Development Project-Based Learning Educational Technology Critical Thinking 103

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Mendoza’s older sister, Gema Quetzal, served on the California board of education in 2018-19, enjoying the same voting power as other board members. Massachusetts is unique in that the student board representatives are elected by their peers. Other districts and states have also started to promote hands-on civics education.

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Civics Civic Engagement High School Government 143

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 29, 2019

In addition to technology and access, Verizon Innovative Learning Schools receive extensive teacher training, support, and the opportunity to engage in a unique, immersive curriculum to leverage technology in their classrooms. In just two years since joining VILS, the schools are among the most improved in the state.

Middle School 116

Middle School Pedagogy Project-Based Learning Cultures 116

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Their work is a version of what educators call project-based learning, which means gaining knowledge by solving problems rather than by studying textbooks. But in this Colorado district, it can also mean learning by working on real jobs. When I was in high school, I wasn’t doing [projects like] this,” Garcia said.

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Project-Based Learning Elementary School High School Charter School 110

ED Surge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

I integrated project-based learning and technology in all kinds of ways. I asked them to create blogs to interact through blended learning. But I would tell my students, We will learn from this. In 2018, I attended a workshop where I talked with a game-app developer. Who’s going to teach them? Absolutely.

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Tutoring Project-Based Learning Tradition Teaching 123

ED Surge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Harnessing its learnings from KA Lite, the organization has evolved and expanded its impact by developing an ecosystem of open products and tools called Kolibri. This new feature grew out of feedback from Vodafone Foundation and UNHCR’s Instant Network Schools programme , which has been using Kolibri since 2018 to support refugee learners.

EdTech 106

EdTech Education Library Project-Based Learning 106

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

A 2018 meta-analysis showed better creative thinking, mathematics, meta-cognition, spatial skills and reasoning for students who take computer programing. Related: A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children. But the gains were much smaller for studies with good control groups.

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Critical Thinking Research Teaching Education 112

Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2018

Keep reading to check out brief summaries of our proposed panels, and click each link you’re interested in to “Vote Up” that submission, now through August 30, 2018. Learn from librarians and educational leaders how libraries engage learners with authentic STEM, computational thinking, and project-based learning.

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EdTech Library Leadership Project-Based Learning 78

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Related: Project-based learning boosts student engagement, understanding. Andrew Goldin, executive director of TLP Education, which oversees the Summit Learning Program. Teachers in other schools have found the shift to project-based learning to be a massive, unwanted change from traditional instruction.

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Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 132

The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2023

Add learning loss stemming from the pandemic, and scores this year actually went down: Only 22 percent of eighth graders demonstrated proficiency in the topic, compared with 24 percent the last time the subject was tested in 2018. government, and only 29 percent said they had a teacher whose primary responsibility is teaching civics.

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Civics Primary Sources Civic Engagement K-12 126

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

With this “Real-World Learning” program, ChiTech joins a growing number of schools devoting big chunks of the year to internships, despite the perennial classroom time crunch. The internships are also part of a larger turnaround effort at ChiTech, centered on project-based learning.

High School 80

High School Project-Based Learning Psychology Charter School 80

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

To accomplish this in mainstream schools, their model calls for flexible small group instruction within classes — based at times on ability, at times on interest — as well as a focus on project-based learning so students can pursue their passions.

Teaching 141

Teaching Economics High School Private School 141

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Kwame Owusu-Kesse, the CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone, adjusts the uniform of an eighth grader at the organization’s Promise Academy I charter school in Harlem in 2018. Related: Project-based learning and standardized tests don’t mix. Credit: Harlem Children's Zone.

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Charter School Economics High School Project-Based Learning 103

ED Surge

AUGUST 28, 2023

It’s a moment when XQ Institute’s agenda — that schools should offer more project-based learning, allow more flexibility in their schedules, and assign classwork more explicitly connected to career paths that interest students — may excite education leaders searching for solutions. In 2018, D.C. It was exciting.

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High School Leadership Public School Charter School 117

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

That was more than district leaders expected, and they anticipated even more losses, so they cut their budget for 2018-19 by $31 million, or 6 percent, and laid off 132 teachers. Third graders jump rope on the playground on May 9, 2018. At least another 200 students living within its boundaries had transferred into nearby districts.

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Charter School K-12 Elementary School Economics 45