by edtosavetheworld | Apr 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
We’ve talked about Finland a few times over the last few years. We’ve written about their awesome PISA results, quoted Tony Wagner referring to their students as the only “innovation-ready” high school graduates in the world, and discussed what it is exactly that...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
On Tuesday we talked about the power of complex, sophisticated and authentic student work and quoted the guru of beautiful work, Ron Berger saying: Once a student creates work of value for an authentic audience beyond the classroom — work that is sophisticated,...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Why do we have to do this?” Raise your hand if you’ve ever had students ask you that question. So how do we as educators answer? Of course we can talk about that thing that is most nebulous to most teenagers: “the distant future.” But we can also talk about right...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
I mentioned yesterday that our students displayed their work publicly last night (tonight our high school students do the same and Thursday the elementary kiddos!). That means there’s a lot of energy and excitement on campus AND there’s also some stress (well, quite...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
Tonight, hundreds of guests (parents, aunts, uncles, community members, and invited experts) will be coming to my school. Not to hear a famous speaker or even meet with teachers. These adults will be coming to campus for one reason – to see our students’ work....
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today we’re featuring a thought-provoking blog from Edweek’s Deeper Learning series written by our friend and colleague Melissa Daniels. Daniels writes about Gifted and Talented Education. Check out the full article here. One of my favorite quotations comes towards...
