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In the lower level of Grandview High, away from the crush of a busy passing period, a manufacturing lab hosts students working on a client project. These Grandview students are joined by peers from Center School District and Hickman Mills School District and are often accompanied by retired Honeywell engineers. The three southern Kansas CityContinue reading “More Real World Learning in Kansas City”

By: Jared Schwartz “The College Lab is the single most valuable project I’ve ever completed.”  As a high school AP Chemistry teacher, it’s a powerful statement to hear from a student. It might also seem like an odd project name for a science class. But I discovered years ago that all good chemistry lessons includeContinue reading “How The Principles of Experimentation Can Support Postsecondary Decision-Making”

The United States is one of the few countries in the world that does not have a nationalized curriculum. The combination of local and state control allows for extraordinary leverage on outcome decisions and content alignment. Our country’s preservation of state’s rights empowers schools and states to contextualize both policy and implementation. Federal oversight comes,Continue reading “The Content Every High School Student Should Learn (But Doesn’t)”

By: Senator Michael V. Lee and Dr. Lynn Moody In the next five years, almost every area of our lives will be fundamentally changed by advances in artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies. As a North Carolina legislator and a former North Carolina school district superintendent, we believe we need to think differently about preparingContinue reading “Igniting North Carolina’s Future: SparkNC’s Innovative Approach to Education”

Small learning environments have always been the foundation of formal learning systems. Indigenous groups around the world, early one-room schoolhouses propped up by local communities, and eventually the modern home-school movement have all been demonstrations of effectiveness. While the microschool movement feels new in the media, its foundations are a tale as old as learningContinue reading “Microschool in a Box: Programs Enabling the Microschool Movement”

By: Katie Kimbrell One of my favorite mom friends asks her young school-aged kids every day, “What did you make today?” I love how subtly subversive this question is. Not, “How was school today?” “Were you good today?” or, “How’s [insert school subject] going?” But, “How did you put your ideas out into the worldContinue reading “Why Entrepreneurship Might Save Our Kids—and the Rest of Us.”

In my last piece of this series, I mapped AI’s capabilities to Bloom’s taxonomy. We learned that AI’s splotchy cognitive competencies can help us:  explain the human advantage over AI  depict AI as a cognitive partner identify ways learners might use AI and be duped by AI narrate how AI will elevate our standards inContinue reading “AI is the Cognitive Friend We’ve Always Wanted”

For as much as we talk about the three branches of government, the judiciary branch is often overlooked or, when taught, it’s described hierarchically. Rules and laws exist and citizens are meant to follow them. What if we did more to help students understand that we can shape those rules and laws to design aContinue reading “An Overlooked Pathway: Law and Civic Engagement”

By: Sabrina Baptiste Apprenticeships provide an innovative way for educators to experience real-life challenges and hone their professional skills. Allowing aspiring educators to gain hands-on experience, mentorship, and practice in actual classrooms positively impacts the development of their competency levels and the quality of education they can provide throughout their careers. Simultaneously, apprenticeships address theContinue reading “The Future of Teaching Apprenticeships: Empowering Educators and Transforming Education”

Michigan Virtual, has been working hard to provide a path to the future for students and educators since 1998. As a part of this commitment, they have unveiled recent AI Guidance and implementation suggestions that highlight the vast number of challenges and opportunities facing school leaders when handling technology.  AI Integration Framework Their AI IntegrationContinue reading “One State’s Approach to AI Integration and Rapid Reskilling”