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States Mulling Creativity Indexes for Schools
Advocates say the idea is to promote a better balance in the curriculum, as well as campus offerings before and after school, especially in the era of high-stakes testing in reading and math.
Performance assessment making a comeback in schools
Gateway exercises are a classic example of performance-based assessment, in which students show their understanding not by filling in bubbles on a standardized test but by producing actual work–an essay, a lab report, a presentation, a portfolio, or some other demonstration of competency.
A Laptops-to-Success Story – Mooresville’s Shining Example (It’s Not Just About the Laptops)
"This is not about the technology," Mark Edwards, superintendent of Mooresville Graded School District, would tell the visitors later over lunch. "It’s not about the box. It’s about changing the culture of instruction — preparing students for their future, not our past."
A first-hand look inside a flipped classroom
Using this method, proponents say, teachers have the opportunity to help students learn as individuals, and students can learn concepts more quickly.
New Issue Brief Outlines State Strategies for Awarding Credits Based on Student Learning
"By shifting our education system from focusing on inputs such as seat time and the number of days in a school year to focusing on outputs like student mastery of academic skills and knowledge, states could realize gains in student achievement," said NGA Executive Director Dan Crippen. "Transitioning to credits based on mastery could also reduce the costs of remedial education."
The STEAM Camps Are Coming
The STEAM camps represent a totally new approach to the curriculum, and forge a new beginning in reinventing K-12 education.
Early Education is a Dropout Prevention Strategy
"To really lower the dropout rate, d’Entremont argued for early childhood care, like more pre-k and full-day kindergarten, and a better way to monitor which kids are likely to be at high-risk of dropping out–and provide resources in elementary and middle school. ‘We need to focus more on prevention as opposed to intervention,’ he said, explaining that ‘changes that occur at the very tail end of a student’s career’ are least likely to bring change."
3D technology helps autistic kids learn to read – ‘Letters alive’
A menagerie of virtual 3D animals that swim, eat bugs, and fly are building crucial reading skills in autistic children
Why French Parents Are Superior – the importance of "cadre"
When I asked French parents how they disciplined their children, it took them a few beats just to understand what I meant. "Ah, you mean how do we educate them?" they asked. "Discipline," I soon realized, is a narrow, seldom-used notion that deals with punishment. Whereas "educating" (which has nothing to do with school) is something they imagined themselves to be doing all the time.
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