Difference Making

Recap: A Fireside Chat About Returning to School With a Whole-Child Approach

Getting Smart and Turnaround for Children chat with two district leaders to hear how they’re planning to return to school with an equity-focused whole child approach. Science of learning expert, Dr. Pamela Cantor, also shares design principles and other considerations when designing for the whole child.

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Competency-Based Education

Three Strategies to Engage Middle Grade Students in Data Science

Data education can take many forms, but all have the opportunity to change youths’ view of what data are and how data can help them to make a difference in the world. Chad Dorsey explores the opportunities that lie in data science curricula.

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Equity & Access

Decentering Whiteness from Our American Schools

There is a narrative surrounding decentering whiteness in American education spaces. Kelly Niccolls, Rebecca Midles, and Susan Enfield walk you through this journey.

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Place Based Education

Welcoming Entry and Layered Access

Holistic health and safety, including physical security, are paramount in the design of today’s schools. Randy Fielding explores design patterns that begin to address this need.

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Difference Making

Students Work To UnTextbook Their Learning

On the UnTextbooked podcast, students change history by having conversations with real historians about dynamic, researched history books and try to get answers to big questions.

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