by edtosavetheworld | Jun 4, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Educators today seem to be faced with a choice: Keep teaching centuries-old ways of organizing the world through traditional disciplines such as math, science and music or throw it all out in favor of innovation, creativity and problem-solving skills. OR It is a...
by edtosavetheworld | May 12, 2015 | News and Trends, Stage 5: Students as World Changers
For many of us, the transformation of our schools cannot happen fast enough. We look out a world where we can find out what caused the War of 1812 or why adding salt to water makes it boil hotter with a 10-second Google search, where we can teach ourselves to knit or...
by edtosavetheworld | Apr 21, 2015 | Ed2S Fellows
Good morning! Summer is just around the corner and Julie, Juliet and I are busy preparing for our Innovation Summit, which will kick off the 2015-16 Fellowship this July in Washington, DC. We can’t wait to re-charge and re-inspire ourselves by working with our...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 31, 2015 | Ed2S Fellows
Today we’re excited to share an article by one of our 2014 Ed to Save the World Fellows. Ayo Magwood is a history teacher at an independent school in Washington, DC. Ayo’s classroom is an incredible laboratory of democracy, justice, and critical thinking...
by edtosavetheworld | Sep 15, 2014 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
Here’s a quotation to start off your week: “We Have Met the Audience and She Is Us” That’s the title of Judith Bradshaw Brown’s contribution Hubbard and Power’s Living Questions: A Guide for Teacher Researchers. Bradshaw’s title suggests a pretty awesome and simple...
