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- School of Environmental Studies: Taking Class Outdoors
deck: At this Minnesota school focused on problem solving, the academic program and the architecture were designed to promote interdisciplinary project-based learning. More to this story. Media Info media path:&nbs ...
Media - 4/21/2008
- Union City Public Schools: Taking Education Back
deck: It took time, teacher buy-in, and technology, but this urban school district in New Jersey has gone from dismal to dazzling. More to this story. Media Info media path: media/1017_unioncity/unioncit ...
Media - 4/10/2008
- The Key Learning Community: Cultivating Multiple Intelligences
deck: Swimming against the tide, this K-12 Indianapolis school emphasizes exploration and deep understanding over rote memorization. More to this story. Media Info media path: media/0957_keylearning/keyl ...
Media - 4/7/2008
- Digital Portfolios: A New Way to Conference
Educators at North Star Elementary School in rural Alaska understand that effective assessment begins when students look at their own work and compare it to meaningful individual goals. To enhance this process, North Star has developed a unique type ...
Article - - 4/2/2008
- Assessment Overview: Beyond Standardized Testing
deck: Performance assessments offer a richer, more holistic approach to evaluating what students know and can do. More to this story. Media Info media path: media/0937_overview_assess/overview_assess ...
Media - 5/5/2008
- Multimedia Motivation: Helping Kids Love to Learn
VIDEO: Integrated Studies in Honolulu Running Time: 6 min. And, the winner is . . . Moanalua High School. The place: Honolulu, Hawaii. The contest: the 2003 Hawaii Student Film Festival. The winners: Moanalua freshmen Bao Jun ...
Article - - 4/10/2008
- A Remarkable Transformation: Union City Public Schools
VIDEO: Union City Public Schools Running Time: 10 min. In 1989, leaders of Union City Public Schools in New Jersey had a choice. They could continue the same unsuccessful programs that had led to the threat of a state takeover for ...
Article - - 4/10/2008
- Urban Academy: Where Testing Is Anything But Standard
VIDEO: Urban Academy Running Time: 8 min. To look at Torri Gamble, an articulate, self-possessed eighteen-year-old, you'd never guess that the young woman struggled through ninth grade. "I had to get out," Gamble says of ...
Article - - 4/7/2008
- Studies in Success: A Survey of Assessment Research
Researchers found that authentic work, such as the architectural project completed by students in Eeva Reeder's geometry class, yielded higher test scores for students. Credit: Edutopia Academic research points to the benefits -- a ...
Article - - 4/2/2008
- Great Team, Great School: Innovative Techniques Provide a Well-Rounded Education
VIDEO: Team Learning Running Time: 8 min. "Bo-bo-ski wotten totten! Bo-bo-ski wotten totten!" The chant coming from Trina Douglas's classroom sounds fierce. "Bo-bo-ski wotten totten! Bo-bo-ski wotten totten!" Bu ...
Article - - 4/7/2008
