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France, Paul Emerich – Corwin, 2022
It's a paradox: technology to individualize curriculum has made classrooms less personal. Let's instead trust educators to make learning personal by supporting student agency, self-awareness, and the intimate personal connections found in authentic learning experiences. In the second edition of this groundbreaking book--newly streamlined, and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Inclusion, Individualized Instruction, Personal Autonomy
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2024
Discover a bold new vision for high school mathematics that empowers students through engaging, real-world learning. For decades, mathematics education has been guided by the visionary efforts of educators and leaders who recognized the importance of making math relevant, engaging, and accessible to all students. From the foundational principles…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Authentic Learning, Teaching Methods
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Baum, Susan – Roeper Review, 2023
Marcia Gentry personified a life well-lived. In this tribute to her work and legacy, her early ideas are highlighted. The author describes her professional experiences with Marcia during the years when Marcia was a doctoral student at the University of Connecticut. Recalling her initial motivation for a more inclusive form of identification of…
Descriptors: Biographies, Inclusion, Identification, Gifted Education
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Young, Michelle D.; Cunningham, Kathleen; Van Gronigen, Bryan; O'Doherty, Ann – eJEP: eJournal of Education Policy, 2021
The term Powerful Learning Experience (PLE) is an outgrowth of a University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) project. Colleagues who were engaged in the Leaders Supporting Diverse Learners (LSDL) project, along with researchers examining exemplary educational leadership programs refined the original framework. The version described in…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Leadership Training, COVID-19, Pandemics
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LeeAnne Lavender – Childhood Education, 2024
Many educators and leaders in international schools around the globe recognize the value and urgency of global citizenship education (GCE) and the need to empower PreK-12 students to engage in authentic community engagement and active local and global citizenship. To this end, many educators use the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Global Approach, Sustainability, Elementary Secondary Education
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Britte Haugan Cheng; Tiffany Lee Clark; Carrie D. Allen; Antero Godina Garcia; Déana Scipio; Kristin De Vivo, Contributor – Lucas Education Research, George Lucas Educational Foundation, 2023
This paper provides a background on recent research related to learning and instruction, focusing on two mechanisms essential to deeper learning: (1) inclusion of authentic learning contexts and (2) valuing student voice as part of instruction. The authors point to ways that culturally responsive and related pedagogies leverage these same two…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Student Projects, Active Learning, Student Centered Learning
Mintrop, Rick; Zumpe, Elizabeth; Jackson, Kara; Nucci, Drew; Norman, Jon – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2022
Designing for and implementing deeper learning across classrooms and schools that serve communities disadvantaged by the U.S. educational system is challenging. This paper illuminates this challenge by asking the question: What would designers of interventions at the classroom, school, and district levels have to take into consideration when they…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Schools, Learning, Change Strategies
Gutierrez, Evan C. – Harvard Education Press, 2021
"A New Canon" is the first book to provide a framework for designing and utilizing rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum to address the lack of representation for marginalized communities in formal education. Grounded in literature around cultural relevance and responsive teaching practice, the book provides step-by-step guidance for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Humanities Instruction, Culturally Relevant Education, Curriculum Development
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Levin, Stephanie; Leung, Melanie; Edgerton, Adam K.; Scott, Caitlin – Learning Policy Institute, 2020
High-quality professional learning can build principals' capacity to lead successful schools. This brief summarizes a study about principals' professional learning based on a national survey of elementary school principals. Many surveyed principals reported that they had access to professional development that has been identified as important for…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Principals, Management Development, Capacity Building
Shepard, Lorrie A. – American Educator, 2021
According to Lorrie A. Shepard, claims that testing will serve equity very often are not true. From minimum competency tests in the '70s; basic-skills tests in the '80s; "tests worth teaching to" in the '90s; high-frequency, high-stakes tests in the '00s; and added layers of commercial interim tests in the '10s, it seems it has…
Descriptors: Testing, Accountability, Equal Education, Failure
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Cunningham, Christine M.; Kelly, Gregory J. – Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2022
In this paper, we address the societally important issue of developing a more equitable approach to preK-12 engineering education. Our primary emphasis is on K-8 grades--a time when first impressions of engineering may be developed. Calls for increased participation by all students, including those who have been historically marginalized, motivate…
Descriptors: Models, Equal Education, Engineering Education, Kindergarten
Smithsonian Science Education Center, 2021
The Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) serves K-12 students and teachers, school districts, state education agencies, and ministries of education throughout the world with curriculum materials, digital resources, professional development, leadership development (through our Leadership and Assistance for Science Education Reform [LASER]…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Science Education, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
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Qadir, Junaid; Al-Fuqaha, Ala – Education Sciences, 2020
In this paper, we strive to provide a primer for students on how to thrive and learn effectively in engineering education in the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) times following the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic, which has disrupted the educational enterprise massively with universities physically closing in many parts of…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, College Students
Ark, Thomas J. Vander; Liebtag, Emily; McClennen, Nate – ASCD, 2020
"Place: it's where we're from; it's where we're going. . . . It asks for our attention and care. If we pay attention, place has much to teach us." With this belief as a foundation, "The Power of Place" offers a comprehensive and compelling case for making communities the locus of learning for students of all ages and…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Place Based Education, Learner Engagement, Educational Principles
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Bahls, Patrick – Honors in Practice, 2020
Research indicates that a majority of honors students across the country are able to earn honors credit through the fulfillment of honors contracts. These learning contracts grant honors credit to students who perform additional work in non-honors-designated sections of other courses. Despite their popularity, little has been written on the design…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Authentic Learning, Contracts, College Credits
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