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 | Mar 30, 2015 | News and Trends
Most schools ask themselves, “Why would kids come to school on a Saturday?” but at Matthew Moss High School in Rochdale, UK, they’re asking “Why would they not?” Welcome to the D6 program, profiled in the video below. D6 refers to the 6th...
by edtosavetheworld | Sep 17, 2014 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
Dear Wonderful Ed2S Readers, Your help is needed! I’m working on nailing down a research question for my School Leadership Residency project at High Tech High’s GSE and would love your insights. I’m interested in thinking about how we assess schools. What factors do...
by edtosavetheworld | Jul 23, 2014 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
In their new book, Transitioning to Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction authors Lynn Erickson and Lois Lanning outline the steps necessary to create and implement a concept-based curriculum. The first chapter outlines why traditional content objectives are...
by edtosavetheworld | Jun 2, 2014 | Influential Thinkers
It used to be that we could rely on an education system that created innovators by accident. People that changed the world with new ideas were the exception, not the rule. In his book Creating Innovators, Tony Wagner argues we can no longer afford this approach to...
