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A Close Look at Competency-Based Learning

Cult of Pedagogy

Instead of it just being in science or in mathematics, it might be communication, collaboration, critical thinking, leadership, digital literacy, things that don’t necessarily have a subject. Example 1: A Classroom in a Competency-Based School One unit Messer teaches is a 9-week seminar called Global Zoo.

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The Seeds of Innovation

A Principal's Reflections

Lastly, I used Poll Everywhere in my senior seminar the next day and it was a big hit. is an Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at Queens College, CUNY. BYOD BYOT educational leadership educational technology mobile learning devices' My college students really enjoyed using it. Franklin Dickerson Turner, Ph.D.

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Here Are the 10 Stories K-12 Readers Couldn’t Put Down in 2024

ED Surge

Our top post of the entire year was a vulnerable essay about an administrators leadership failure and how he made things right. School administrator Sarah Wright shares her thoughts on a trauma-informed approach to leadership. As a Principal, I Thought I Promoted Psychological Safety. Then a Colleague Spoke Up.

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Is strength-based learning a “magic bullet?”

The Hechinger Report

Though grounded in complex positive psychology research, the strength-based approach boils down to a simple rule: Focus on what students do well. Others use strength systems designed by the British Centre of Applied Positive Psychology or by Thrively, a California-based startup. But what is it, exactly?

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Nearly all the seniors at this charter school went to college. Only 6 out of 52 finished on time

The Hechinger Report

psychology class. She sat in the front row for the sociology and biology seminars, but couldn’t concentrate in a room with more than 30 classmates. That fall, Williams switched her major from music business to psychology in hopes of becoming a counselor. Strangers introduced themselves when she sat in the courtyard.