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PROOF POINTS: Four new studies bolster the case for project-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Four new studies on project-based learning. Developer: Michigan State University Research. Developer: University of Michigan and Michigan State University Research. Developer: Stanford University Research. High school Advanced Placement. High school Advanced Placement. 3rd grade science.

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COLUMN: Styrofoam cities and avatars: how the Gehry siblings would redesign education

The Hechinger Report

Related: Proof Points: Four new studies bolster the case for project-based learning In the same district, science teacher David Cameron uses design-based learning in the chemistry and computer science classes he teaches at Gabrielino High School, while a middle school in Walnut, California, is successfully using DBL to teach science standards.

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OPINION: Don’t count teachers out of school redesign

The Hechinger Report

This is the story of what happened when teachers and administrators in Aurora, Colorado, worked side by side to redesign a middle school. Together, we were able to innovate, plan and produce a flexible school model aimed at improving student performance, engagement and equity. Here are the five pillars of the new schedule: 1.

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A rural Montana district goes all in on makerspaces

The Hechinger Report

Now the middle school, along with two of the district’s other elementary schools and its high school, have makerspaces. On the infrastructure side, Havre’s schools got switches and servers, but they also got a week of strategizing and support. Their energy is transforming classrooms.

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Introducing the Honorees of the 2021 Teacher Leader Impact Awards

Edthena

Putnam County Schools – Eatonton, Ga. Tasha Jones is an ELA middle school teacher and this year has set up her classroom for virtual success for students who decided to stay home due to COVID-19. He also develops high-quality and high-impact professional development for his colleagues. Tasha Jones.

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Tales from the Road: Highlights from a Tour of Districts in the League of Innovative Schools

Digital Promise

Vista Unified School District – Vista, CA. Located in southern California, Roosevelt Middle School is part of an interstate collaboration with two other middle schools located in Mentor, Ohio, and Kettle Moraine, Wisconsin, to further competency-based education (CBE).

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

A network of charter schools in California and Washington developed the Summit Learning Program for their students almost a decade ago; the model got a boost in 2014 from Facebook engineers after Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, visited a Summit middle school.