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Project Learning: Expeditions in Portland, Maine
Project learning combined with one-to-one laptops creates a rich and rigorous environment for learning at a middle school and a high school in Portland, Maine.
Release Date: 03/05/2010
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Principal Derek Pierce on Building Relationships Between Students and Teachers
How a Portland, Maine high school made human relationships the building blocks of high student achievement.
Release Date: 03/15/2010
Running Time: 07:17
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Teacher-Training Coordinator David Grant Describes a Framework for Project Learning Success
How King Middle School in Portland, Maine combines project learning and technology to build effective, authentic learning experiences.
Release Date: 03/15/2010
Running Time: 13:14
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- Karen Sutherland
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- Amy Erin Borovoy
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The Important Lessons to Teach
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3/12/10So I've become a Guy Kawasaki fan. It all started when I was searching for commencement day speeches for the students on the speech and debate team to compete with.
Engaging Students with Hands-on Work Experiences
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3/10/10It's a very exciting time for the eleventh and twelfth graders at Envision Schools. During the spring semester, students participate in the Workplace Learning Experience (WLE) for 12 weeks.
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Teachers are often perceived as determining the future success of their students -- for better or for worse. Indeed, pushes to tie teacher salary to student test scores, which make it easier to fire teachers, underscore just how much educators are given the credit (or the blame) for student achievement.
But do they play a greater role than parents do? Parents shape their children's attitudes toward learning, create the atmosphere for them to do homework, and provide extra support. Parents who support their children's educational goals can help motivate a student who is not connecting to his or her teacher, but to what extent? Some parents even hamper teachers' efforts by permitting excessive student absences and not being involved in their education. Ultimately, who is the greater influence on a child's educational success: the teacher, or the parent?
Who impacts a student's education more –- parents or teachers?
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Perhaps nothing can truly prepare one for being a public high school principal; still, most states require candidates to have a master's degree in education administration or educational leadership. But might an additional degree from a business school -- with its rigorous focus on financial planning, accounting, strategizing, and operations management -- be just as essential to those preparing to run a school? A more business-minded, results-oriented approach to school administration could aid in everything from budget preparation to achieving academic goals.
Or are current requirements sufficient without the addition of an MBA, which could discourage talented candidates from applying for positions that already face critical shortages? Tell us what you think!
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Big Thinkers: Linda Darling-Hammond on Becoming Internationally Competitive
Stanford University professor and noted researcher Linda Darling-Hammond discusses what the United States can learn from high-achieving countries on teaching, learning, and assessment -- from Finland to Singapore. More to this story.
Release Date: 01/27/2010
Running Time: 09:12
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- Amy Erin Borovoy
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One Teacher's Journey: From Marine to Mentor
Meet Darren Atkinson, a Louisville teacher who became a champion of social and emotional learning.
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Online learning has taken off in the past ten years: The U.S. Department of Education estimates that e-learning, or virtual school instruction, is now offered by about 25 percent of all K-12 public schools. (Michigan and Alabama even require it for graduation.)
What's the future of online education? Perhaps 20 years from now, all courses will be blended ones, in which instruction is provided both virtually and in person. Another possibility is that the traditional classroom model will have been abandoned in favor of students learning entirely online -- maybe with holograms of teachers beamed directly into students' homes.
Or are these ideas pipe dreams because lack of funds, motivation, and training will handicap the growth of online education? Is online learning the future, a footnote, or something in between? Tell us what you think!

