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Investing in leadership capacity: The amazing, wonderful District 59

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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.’ And we can build on all of that to start implementing new instructional and leadership paradigms in schools and classrooms.

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The Future of Education in an AI-Infused World

Dr. Shannon Doak

For example, a project on climate change could encompass science, geography, economics, and politics, providing students with a holistic understanding of the issue and its implications. Focusing on the Process of Learning Instead of hinging student success on a single exam, we should focus on the process of learning itself.

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10 building blocks for the future of schools

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Here’s the new list (now 10 items instead of 8): Project- and inquiry-based learning environments that emphasize greater student agency and active application of more cognitively-complex thinking, communication, and collaboration skills.

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

In dozens of interviews, Summit leadership, education researchers, and the people who teach and learn in schools that use Summit agreed that the platform offers a systematic way to achieve the otherwise complicated, messy objective of personalizing learning. How do they draw that something is happening?”.

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Project-based learning in Northwest Iowa

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Many schools in Iowa are trying to find small chunks of time that allow students to engage in some inquiry- or project-based learning. These might be class-level projects, teacher-led exploratories, or student-led ‘genius hours.’ Real projects. And that’s how they should be. Related Posts. Real responsibility.