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Authentic Learning Can't Be Standardized

A Principal's Reflections

Students that participate in this experience travel to Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic as they learn firsthand about one of the most traumatic events in human history. Mr. Stipel took the group to the former Lostice synagogue and gave them the history of the Jews in Lostice. Lostice is a town of about 3,000 people.

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Cultivating Authenticity in Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Technology now allows the students and staff at NMHS to share in the authentic learning experiences taking place in Europe (Germany, Poland, Czech Republic). Last year we launched a blog where the students in Europe chronicled and reflected on essential questions, focusing on a dark time in human history.

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Can AI in Education Foster Human-Centric Learning?

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The emphasis on a human-centric approach underscores the commitment to cultivating a balanced perspective on AI integration. Educators are encouraged to view AI not merely as a technological advancement but as a tool to enhance and augment the human experience.

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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

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Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. I learned truths about European imperialism and the humanness before slavery — how colonists from all over Europe stuck their flagpoles into African soils, controlling nations and influencing heritage for centuries. My desire to know exploded.

History 104
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We Must Teach Black History Like Our Lives Depend on It

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Much of that had to do with the fact that I was learning about Black histories for the first time. These stories of resilience and triumph allowed me to see my own humanity as a Black person, something I later realized I desperately needed. For me, the ability to teach Black history is a matter of life and death.

History 110
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Is Autocorrect Making Us Smarter or Eroding Our Humanity?

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A better understanding of the long arc of technology history might just help us make a course correction, he argues. Smith lays out his views in a new book, “ The Internet is Not What You Think It is: A History, a Philosophy, a Warning.”

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Want Students to Flourish? Teach Human Ecology

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It protected health and mental stability and delivered the confidence that you had some control over human failure, at least within your own four walls. Home Econ then became Family and Consumer Science, and now it’s called Human Ecology. Schools have an educational obligation to teach people about meeting human needs and coexisting.