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Project-based learning and standardized tests don’t mix

The Hechinger Report

Ninth-graders at the Science Leadership Academy work on a group project in science class. Instead, the schools have adopted an approach that’s become increasingly popular among education advocates and funders: project-based learning. Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. I’m into the process.”.

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Empowering Students to Be Self-Advocates

A Principal's Reflections

Somewhere in our conversation that spanned multiple areas of educational leadership, we talked about how we regularly meet with groups of students in our respective schools. The facility will house up to 350 juniors and seniors who choose to select classes that offer creativity and project-based learning opportunities.

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Investing in leadership capacity: The amazing, wonderful District 59

Dangerously Irrelevant

Two years ago I had the incredible opportunity to work with the entire leadership team of District 59 in Arlington Heights, Illinois for SEVEN days. They labeled it their ‘21st Century Leadership Academy.’ No great answer to this is apparent other than a cultural reframing, one that is already underway.

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Transactional vs. Transformational Teaching

Catlin Tucker

The more I learn about leadership, the more convinced I am that teachers need leadership training in credential school. We create a culture in our classrooms, establish norms and routines, and seek to influence our students. Transactional leadership, as the name suggests, relies on the exchange of one thing for another.

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The League Meets the West Coast: A Look Into the Fall 2022 League Convening

Digital Promise

Over two and a half days, district leaders explored how emerging technologies can support powerful learning, surfaced and shared innovative learnings and leadership practices, and helped us welcome the League of Innovative Schools 2022-2023 cohort. Keynote speaker, Michael Bonner, addressing League convening attendees.

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Snuffing out our own progress

Dangerously Irrelevant

I just left this comment at Tony Tepedino’s blog in response to his statement that we have to stop pretending that academic rigor can only occur in a traditional classroom setting: I have seen innovative, project-based learning environments killed – by OTHER TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL!!!! Related Posts. Troublemaker [SLIDE].

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She gave up on public schools that rejected her bold ideas a decade ago. Now she’s back.

The Hechinger Report

Its teachers have been focused on project-based learning for a few years now and they have been a part of the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment , experimenting with ways to move away from standardized tests as the primary way to assess student achievement.