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School 21

Public, Urban

Grades pre-K to 13

London

Student Voice

Oracy: The Literacy of the Spoken Word

School 21 believes oracy is as important as reading and writing, and the research supports it. From Harkness discussions to talk-rich assemblies, learn how you can integrate oracy at your school.

Oli de Botton

Communication Skills
60-Second Strategy: Talk Detectives
Improve the quality of class discussions by giving young kids a checklist of key things to look for when their peers talk.
Social and Emotional Learning
Wellbeing: Fostering Self-Awareness and Empathy With Grounding Texts
Learn how School 21 uses literature as a gateway to explore sensitive themes, like race, bullying, and personal values.
Emelina Minero
Arts Integration
How to Infuse the Arts Into Core Curriculum (and Why It Matters)
Successful arts integration includes approaching your Curriculum like an artist, a rich process for a rich product, cultivating artist-researchers, and combining content with art.
Ahmet Ahmet
Teaching Strategies
The Power of Critique and Redrafting
Create a culture of critique and redrafting in your classroom by adapting the seven-step Audience Response protocol to your subject matter and students' needs.
Ahmet Ahmet
Professional Development
The Tuning Protocol: A Framework for Personalized Professional Development
Use this innovative, six-step approach of structured yet welcoming group discussion to invite thoughtful classroom, department, and schoolwide feedback.
Jess Hughes
School Climate
Redesigning the Traditional Assembly
Here are five tips that can make assemblies engaging, participative, and reflective of your school's values, content, and pedagogies.
Peter Hyman
Project-Based Learning
How 3 Interlocking Pedagogies Can Change the World
At School 21, the combination of teaching wellbeing, oracy (speaking skills), and project-based learning empowers students to create exceptional work that makes a real-world difference.
Emelina Minero
Social and Emotional Learning
Wellbeing: Developing Empathy, Emotional Awareness, and Agency
Learn how School 21 explores topics like culture, diversity, and responsibility using drama techniques, grounding texts, and controversial statements.
Emelina Minero
Communication Skills
Public Speaking: Oracy Skills for the Real World
Using the oracy framework -- building physical, cognitive, linguistic, and emotional speaking skills -- students learn to speak on any topic and to any audience.