Curiosity sits at the intersection of creativity, effective human interactions, problem-solving and purposeful change. Unfortunately, the pace of life — at home, work, and school — often sidetracks our natural curiosity. So, listen as we look at the familiar from a different angle or something new as a possibility to consider.
“Visible Learning” is less about the what than the how of teaching. It is the metacognition of instruction through a student’s eyes. John Hattie explains.
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How might we reimagine schools? “By getting out of them periodically,” advises education innovator and reformer, Tom Vander Ark.
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There’s REAL work and FAKE work? Fake work? What’s that? Work observer, researcher, and educator, Gaylan Nielson, explains.
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How do you teach during these challenging times? Experiment. And above all else, nurture student relationships. Teacher and education technology master Chris Nesi explains.
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How do we move forward as a national around the discussion of race? We start, says principal Anthony McWright, by acknowledging our biases.
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Why won’t a cooker-cutter approach to transforming schools work? Principal of the innovative Science Leadership Academy, Chris Lehmann explains.
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How do we create safe and inclusive schools for all students? Facing History & Ourselves’s Dimitry Anselme explains.
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“The best thing we can ever do for kids is help them find their ‘why’ in life.” Superintendent Dr. Ken Wallace explains why and what happens when schools don’t.
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Fundamental to changing schools so that they’re more beneficial to a student’s future is understanding how students learn. Neuroscience researcher Melissa Hughes Ph.D. explains.
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Ideas on how to change education abound. The key, according to veteran principal Evan Robb is to align everyone around a vision of student success.
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Given today’s world, it’s hard to argue against changing education. But what’s the right environment for change? Four administrators from the Mesa Public Schools discuss.
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What actions can you take now to make education and school more meaningful to kids and teachers? Elementary school principal Mike Oliver offers some suggestions.
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Most school systems are rooted in competition, the status quo, and trying to make what already exists more efficient. Transformation change advocate, Richard Gerver, explains.
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We’d think that “caring” and “schools” would be synonymous, right? But educators Mark Smylie and Karen Seashore Louis explain why that’s not always the case.
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“Is thinking about what's going on in schools nice or imperative?” Author and change agent Ted Dintersmith asks and answers his own question.
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Education needs to change, but do we scrap everything and start over, or make small, powerful changes? Corwin President Mike Soules suggests an answer.
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Changing a single school is one thing, but changing the educational system of an entire country is another matter. Dr. Lynne Pierson has done both.
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How can any organization, including schools, significantly improve how it functions and gets work accomplished? Author and consultant Anthony Kim explains.
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Book titles abound. Magazines refer to it constantly. Why is the concept of emotional intelligence so ubiquitous and important? Consultant / coach Teresa Quinlan explains.
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