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Putting students at the center

msdc | October 03, 2016

For centuries now, we have come to believe that there is only one way for students to learn—come to school, sit at a desk, be taught by a teacher, and be tested. We’ve operated schools as if they were industrial factories, with teaching and learning practices that mimic assembly-line and batch-processing manufacturing. But we can […]

Adapting mini-cars for special ed needs

Ariana Fine | September 26, 2016

A project for young children with physical challenges enabled a group of high school students in Howard County Public Schools' allied health and engineering academies to tailor motorized miniature cars to improve accessibility for some of the district's preschool students. "We wanted to empower our little ones to experience new things in school while creating […]

Making a model of math

Ray Bendici | September 26, 2016

High school math classes focus traditionally on solving equations. The world of mathematical modeling emphasizes creating equations. The nonprofit Association of Computational and Mathematical Modeling is developing a free mathematical modeling curriculum that it plans to share with teachers by early 2017. It will show students how to construct equations that solve complex real-world engineering, […]

Quality assessment and targeted intervention boost social emotional learning

Adam Galvan | September 20, 2016

Social emotional learning helps students learn the coping skills critical for dealing with themselves, other people and their schoolwork. While SEL has become more mainstream over the past few years, you have been researching it since the mid-1970s. What piqued your early interest? In those years, we did a lot of work with at-risk populations. […]

Unlocking the power of inquiry-based learning

September 13, 2016

The origin of the word "educate" the Latin word educo, means to bring out or pull from, and develop from within. Inquiry-based learning does just that. It has been shown to improve performance in all subjects: reading and language arts, social studies, math and science. But to truly establish a culture of inquiry-based learning in […]

Aggressive allergy care in schools

September 11, 2016

Shortly after a teacher inadvertently gave almond biscotti to a student allergic to dairy and nuts, Deerfield Public Schools Superintendent Michael Lubelfeld convened the first of several meetings for parents of students with allergies. The goal: Review current policies and identify ways to improve practices to keep students with allergies safe and to protect those […]

Confronting a hidden education crisis

JD Solomon | August 25, 2016

In the 2013-14 school year, there were more than 1.3 million homeless students, a 7 percent increase from the previous year and more than double the number in 2006-07. While that number is troubling, researchers believe it's only the tip of the iceberg. Erin Ingram, chief author of "Hidden in Plain Sight: Homeless Students in […]

In-school dental care lifts student performance

Adam Galvan | August 22, 2016

A quarter of California students have never seen a dentist by the time they complete fifth grade, according to a recently completed six-year study by the University of the Pacific. Paul Glassman, the director of Pacific Center for Special Care, a program of the university's dentistry, established dental care in various high-needs schools in 2010. […]

Virtual missions to space enhance STEM studies

Ariana Fine | August 21, 2016

Students can step inside an astronaut's' boots to experience life and research onboard the international space station with online science courses offered by the Virtual High School, which supplements public and private school instruction. One course, the Middle School Space Station Academy, teaches students about Earth science, life science, physical science and engineering. They learn […]

Blended 2.0 shifts learning in schools

August 21, 2016

A third-grader studying the Spanish settlement of California found a virtual tour online and shared the trip with her classmates by slipping a smartphone into a Google Cardboard viewing device. Such limitless online resources represent a big, blended leap beyond the essays students in Coalinga-Huron USD in Central California used to write. Blended learning for […]

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