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Why Do You Get Up in the Morning?
By: Jeff Sandefer. Accessing deep pools of inner motivation is an important and never ending life skill. The answer of “Why should I get up in the morning?” is a difficult one at any stage of life. Here is how Acton Academy is encouraging middle school students to figure it out now.
4 Strategies to Create Tomorrow’s Classroom
With SAS Curriculum Pathways, educators can create compelling problem-based learning scenarios and strategically target instruction using formative assessment data to provide additional insight into the strengths and weaknesses of individual students.
The 3 Stages of Education Investing We’re Ignoring
By: Matt Chandler. Balanced investing that includes serious investment in the early stages would send a very different message to the next generation: “We want you in education.”
The Liberal Arts Have a Bright Future in Competency-Based Learning
By: Michael Horn. Although competency-based learning in higher education is arising based on the need for more affordable programs that prepare students for the workforce, by no means is competency-based learning inherently synonymous with the demise of the liberal arts.
4 Essential Competency-Based Education Commitments for HigherEd Leaders
If higher education institutions can remain focused on these core commitments, then competency-based education can make a substantive contribution to improving the quality of education, access for those not well served by traditional models, and building a closer relationship with employers and improved employability for graduates.
6 Things That Learning Professionals Can Learn from Marketers
By: Todd Kasenberg. Here are six critical points that learning architects, designers and developers can borrow from marketing’s body of knowledge and practice.
Data, Technology, and the Great Unbundling of Higher Education
By: Ryan Craig & Allison Williams. Colleges and universities must address several critical issues in the years ahead in order to prepare for the next seismic change: the unbundling of higher education.
Next-Gen Professional Learning: Online, Personalized and Collaborative
By: Dr. Mark Porterie. Knowledge Delivery Systems uses social learning tools and unique content to personalize learning and encourages teachers to build relationships, share experience and collaborate in ways that just weren’t possible before.
Talking Math: How to Engage Students in Mathematical Discourse
By: Gladis Kersaint. Students benefit greatly from learning to use the tools of mathematical discourse— including words, symbols, diagrams, physical models, and technology—to present and defend their ideas.
3 Reasons Coding Should Be a Core Subject
By: Mark Engelberg. In today’s digital world, when we teach our kids critical thinking and logic skills through computer science, we are programming them for success.