The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

Hello Future uses a curriculum enriched with project-based learning, in which students do longer, in-depth collaborative projects. For example, the focus of last summer’s global virtual camp was leadership and advocacy through the power of storytelling. Project-based learning is already gaining traction in U.S.

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Project-Based Learning Critical Thinking Advocacy Leadership 145

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

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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Project-Based Learning Leadership Tradition Public School 159

Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 18, 2015

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!!!! Change agents and the hiring dilemma.

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Project-Based Learning Leadership Tradition Cultures 103

Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 12, 2015

A school board member said to me a while back: Scott, I hear what you’re saying about active, hands-on, project-based learning. Leadership and Vision Learning and Teaching authentic work learning vision' So if that takes a lot of practice on worksheets until students know their math and science, so be it.

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Project-Based Learning Leadership Educational Technology Teaching 104

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2020

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.

Public School 115

Public School Project-Based Learning Pedagogy Leadership 115

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.” Want to bring maker learning to your school?

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Project-Based Learning Leadership Critical Thinking Research 132

Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 15, 2017

One of the themes of my InnEdCO Leadership Academy keynote this year is the idea that there are multiple paths to future ready schools. That said, as I work with educators around the world, I see future-oriented schools playing around with some, or all, of these building blocks: Project- and inquiry-based learning environments.

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Project-Based Learning Leadership Teaching Education 144

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 2, 2023

When Fine and Mehta set off to find examples of deeper learning, they assumed they would find it in places that had been ostensibly set up for that purpose, innovative schools built on a foundation of project-based learning, exclusive schools that were known for strong academic programs, and charters that had reported remarkable academic gains.

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Project-Based Learning Pedagogy Humanities Leadership 130

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Teachers attended workshops on Ozobots , Strawbees , LEGO WeDo 2.0 , and Micro:bit , all tools they could use in makerspaces, and they studied project-based learning strategies as well as new uses for Google applications in their classrooms. Related: A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children.

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Project-Based Learning Public School Elementary School Professional Development 97

Digital Promise

JUNE 5, 2019

Challenge Based Learning (CBL) is a type of project-based learning distinguished by its insistence that students engage with, investigate , and act on authentic and motivating challenges. Some leaders rolled up their sleeves and worked on creating a CBL lesson right alongside the teachers.

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Project-Based Learning Middle School Leadership Research 134

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on K-12 school technology leadership issues. After 14 years as an Educational Leadership professor, Dr. McLeod currently serves as the Director of Innovation for Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency in Iowa. Scott McLeod, J.D., Register here! Related Posts.

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K-12 Leadership Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan 97

ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

Tacy Trowbridge Lead for Global Education Thought Leadership & Advocacy Adobe What importance does creativity play when it comes to college and career pathways? Research indicates that Generation Z students are technologically savvy and appreciate interdisciplinary, project-based learning experiences.

Advocacy 113

Advocacy K-12 Critical Thinking Project-Based Learning 113

Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 20, 2015

each regional Area Education Agency had the capacity to help its districts create project-based learning ‘incubators?’ some may already). kind of like Iowa BIG in Cedar Rapids). there was statewide pressure from school districts on educator preparation programs to be more relevant?

Education 102

Education Project-Based Learning Private School Leadership 102

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 24, 2016

We also have to create organizational systems that foster ongoing innovation cultures rather than momentary risk-taking, including educator resilience and learning from failure. Combine this lack of leadership and organizational support with compulsory topics of study (rock identification!) Project-based learning in Northwest Iowa.

Leadership 0

Leadership Project-Based Learning Critical Thinking Cultures 0

ED Surge

JULY 21, 2023

Last September, I was sitting at a long table in the sunlit conference room of my school, looking around at the many new faces on my school’s leadership team. We’ve seen a cycle of new initiatives and ideas created by new leadership that disrupted our school structure and culture.

Leadership 98

Leadership Cultures Project-Based Learning Professional Development 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2019

Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Leave this field empty if you're human: The kind of leadership and responsibility that shone through EB’s speech is actively encouraged at this unusual program in rural Maine. Choose as many newsletters as you like. Weekly Update.

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Project-Based Learning High School Lesson Plan Tradition 100

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 21, 2016

We analyzed and strengthened our own personal and professional networks (both digital and analog), saw how connectedness is transforming both group interaction and individual relationships, and examined a number of connected learning initiatives for students and teachers. The weakest area of most school computing plans is the leadership.

Leadership 70

Leadership Project-Based Learning Economics Professional Development 70

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Related: A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children. This study looked at whether student-centered learning could happen within the context of group work. Sometimes, the students had clear roles and rotated the leadership role.

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Charter School Project-Based Learning Tradition Middle School 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

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 How do they draw that something is happening?”.

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Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 131

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 17, 2021

Project-based learning in Northwest Iowa. Silver Lining for Learning, Episode 02: Where (when) there is no school. I want to know that implementing a plan such as this is realistic and not just rooted in best practices that rarely get implemented. Thoughts on any of these? Image credit: Welcome , Krissy Venosdale.

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Project-Based Learning Cultures Teaching Leadership 113

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Related: Project-based learning boosts student engagement, understanding. Healey School to bring student-led, project-based learning to regular math, science, language arts and social studies classes. Related: Project-based learning and standardized tests don’t mix. Theories vary.

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Charter School Project-Based Learning High School Public School 111

Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2018

Learn from librarians and educational leaders how libraries engage learners with authentic STEM, computational thinking, and project-based learning. Micro-credentials for Leadership and Learning. Micro-learning Innovation for Macro-success.

EdTech 75

EdTech Library Leadership Project-Based Learning 75

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

After all, framed that way, teachers give hundreds of standardized tests a year, even those who do learner-centered assessment, project-based learning, or otherwise collect evidence of student learning in ways that are considered alternative or non-traditional. Put like that, they feel benign, almost harmless.

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Pedagogy Project-Based Learning Library Research 238

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 27, 2017

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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Geography Project-Based Learning Economics Tradition 94

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.

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High School Project-Based Learning Psychology Charter School 79

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Some school districts, local governments and nonprofit groups across the country have galvanized this youth activism by giving students opportunities to participate in leadership roles and democracy in ways that go beyond civics classes and student government.

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Civics Civic Engagement High School Government 143

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2018

Together with my leadership team, we introduced the staff to what we were trying to achieve in large groups, small groups and through individual conversations. We began with some open-ended questions and learned that they shared our desire to improve how we were allocating our time and resources.

Professional Development 72

Professional Development Middle School Project-Based Learning Leadership 72

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.

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High School Leadership Public School Charter School 117

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 12, 2016

More recently, Van Meter has been diving deeply into project-based learning, standards-based grading, competency-based education, and flexible, modular schedules in which students can exercise some choice and determine how much time they need to spend on their various learning endeavors. Real projects.

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Project-Based Learning Library Tradition High School 71

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Real projects. Project-based learning in Northwest Iowa. Related Posts. Replication or empowerment? The roars of approval as we revert back to what we’ve always done. Real responsibility. Real contributions. The biggest indictment of our schools is not their failure to raise test scores.

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Project-Based Learning Leadership 72

Digital Promise

JANUARY 22, 2016

Every year, The School Superintendents’ Association (AASA) awards the title "Superintendent of the Year" to exceptional leaders who work to identify and implement these solutions so students can succeed through leadership for learning, communication, professionalism, and community involvement.

Charter School 37

Charter School Project-Based Learning Critical Thinking Public School 37

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2020

” Like so many other Baldwin students and alumni, Nia found a home at this small transfer high school, which is built on the principles of project-based learning, restorative justice and student-teacher trust. It turns out, though, that Smith has a lot in common with the students he now serves.

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High School Project-Based Learning Leadership Tradition 56

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

They also organized an in-person component: Once a week, students would gather in reserved classrooms in a local elementary school, for activities such as science experiments, project-based learning and reading groups. SpaRRk Academy hallways are filled with art projects and classroom work from the students.

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Charter School K-12 Middle School Elementary School 109

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 10, 2016

Co-located with a corporate startup accelerator at a former brownfield site of Iowa Steel, Iowa BIG is a project-based learning option for Cedar Rapids area high school students. Local businesses, nonprofits, and city agencies pitch proposed projects to the students, hoping that talented youth will take up their challenges.

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Project-Based Learning High School Tradition Teaching 60

Dr. Shannon Doak

APRIL 14, 2024

For instance, in a project-based learning setup, AI can suggest design modifications for student projects based on historical data and trends, effectively becoming a “member” of the project team.

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Tutoring Project-Based Learning Critical Thinking Tradition 72

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 11, 2016

Real projects. Project-based learning in Northwest Iowa. How could you shake up your school day to create time for student (and staff) inquiry? Image credit: Clear Lake Middle School. Related Posts. Real responsibility. Real contributions. Dreaming big at Iowa BIG. 10+1 reactions to closing Iowa’s achievement gaps.

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Project-Based Learning Middle School Professional Development Tradition 35

Edthena

MAY 18, 2021

A teacher with a focus on standards and social-emotional learning, Tasha also embraces experiential learning, using the district’s historical archives to have students reflect on themselves and their belonging in the community. Daniel Miller. Fairfax County Public School System – Fairfax County, Va.

Social Justice 52

Social Justice Archiving Public School Project-Based Learning 52