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F for Assessment: Standardized Testing Fails

If enough educators -- and noneducators -- realize there are serious flaws in how we evaluate our schools, maybe we can stop this absurdity.

7/1/2008 | 33 comments | Core Concept(s): Assessment, Social & Emotional Learning
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Assessment for Understanding: Taking a Deeper Look

Performance assessements go beyond traditional tests and serve as an important teaching tool.

8/4/2008 | 12 comments | Core Concept(s): Assessment, Teacher Development
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Teachers, Like Students, Learn by Doing: Project Learning at Envision Schools

posted by Bob Lenz

A quote by experiential-education pioneer Kurt Hahn projects brightly onto a large screen: “We are crew, not passengers.” After a brief welcome, the thirty-five new teachers at Envision Schools are asked to respond to the quote in their journals. Then, following some quiet reflection time, the teachers meet their fellow group members.

8/29/2007 | 110 comments | Core Concept(s): Project Learning, Teacher Development
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Assessment Overview: Beyond Standardized Testing

Performance assessments offer a richer, more holistic approach to evaluating what students know and can do.

1/21/02 | 19 comments | Core Concept(s): Assessment
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From Brain-Based Research to Powerful Learning: Innovative Teaching Techniques in the Classroom

Educators explore nontraditional methods of teaching and receive positive results.

4/10/2008 | 66 comments | Core Concept(s): Technology Integration, Project Learning, Teacher Development
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The Key Learning Community: Cultivating Multiple Intelligences

Swimming against the tide, this K-12 Indianapolis school emphasizes exploration and deep understanding over rote memorization.

4/11/2002 | 4 comments | Core Concept(s): Assessment, Project Learning
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The Heart of Learning: The Value of Cultivating Emotional Intelligence

Michael Pritchard is a healer, and a pioneer in the field of social-emotional learning, the often-neglected missing piece in a well-rounded education.

8/5/2008 | 11 comments | Core Concept(s): Social & Emotional Learning, Project Learning
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Howard Gardner: Multiple Intelligences and New Forms of Assessment

Interviews with leading educators

5/1/2002 | Core Concept(s): Assessment, Project Learning
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Knowing How You Learn: Schools Attuned

At San Francisco's Gateway High School, a diverse group of students learn how their brains work and how to accommodate their learning styles. Most important, they discover that there is no one "right" way to learn.

12/16/2003 | 5 comments | Core Concept(s): Social & Emotional Learning, Assessment, Teacher Development
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Teaching with Tangles: The Barbed Wire Model of Classroom Management

posted by Ben Johnson

I had an epic battle with a tangle of barbed wire a while ago. I'm glad to report that my cuts and scratches are healing nicely, and I'd like to share with you about how this battle revealed to me a number of brilliant truths about classroom management.

7/9/2008 | 95 comments | Core Concept(s): Teacher Development, Social & Emotional Learning