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Five Stages of Service Learning

Global issues often play out locally. Service learning is a way students can engage in real-world issues while building the knowledge, skills, and experiences that will serve them throughout their lives. I’ve asked Cathryn Berger Kaye, author of The Complete Guide to Service Learning: Proven, Practical Ways to Engage Students in Civic Responsibility, Academic Curriculum, [...]

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What Really Helps Students Succeed?

A recent Gallup study found that students who acquired 21st century skills during their final year of school were more likely to report higher work quality later in life. High work quality was measured through individual self-reported success compared to average Americans of their age and at their current job, as well as their role [...]

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Trust, Autonomy, and Growth: A Recipe for Teacher Appreciation

While shopping this week, a sign hanging near the check-out register caught my attention: “Don’t Forget: Teacher Appreciation Week May 6 – 10! Get A Gift to Thank Your Favorite Teacher Here!” I’m not sure what I was taken aback by more: the fact that Americans need a sign to remind us to appreciate our [...]

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Improve Student Outcomes: Lessons from Around the World

What is the most important factor that contributes to student success? Teaching. Educators know this, but implementing practices that support excellent teaching is often harder, especially in school systems that must address myriad issues that frankly go beyond education. In a recent Asia Society study, Stanford professor and education expert Linda Darling-Hammond examines teacher quality [...]

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Project-Based Learning

Global and technological changes are creating an environment where the ability to selectively absorb, critically assess, and act upon high volumes of information that is constantly in flux is crucial to succeeding in the market place and in society at large. As a response, educators are focusing on the importance of promoting creativity, leadership skills [...]

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Empowering our Students

Today’s students are tomorrow’s world leaders. They will soon be the ones fighting issues like poverty, climate change, resources shortages and failing education systems. We must prepare them to tackle these shared global problems that their generation will inherit. Today’s youth must not only have the knowledge and skills to able to understand and act [...]

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