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College and Career Ready

"To train students to be truly “college and career ready” requires regular opportunities for students to apply learning wisely and strategically in novel situations."

Allison Zmuda, Greg Curtis, and Diane Ullman, Learning Personalized

Unfortunately, most of the "college and career ready" programs are meant to raise ACT scores and lock students into a career "pathway" that has nothing to do with their hopes and dreams.

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The Need For The Implementation Of Student Centered Learning In Schools

The Need For The Implementation Of Student Centered Learning In Schools

Student-centered learning (SCL) does not seem to be in line with basic educational goals. After all, the purpose of a school is for students to gain knowledge, right? For many teachers, it is clear that for knowledge to be useful, the curriculum must focus on the goals of the teacher or school district. The results of this stratified approach are visible in classrooms across the…

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We Need You to Hope Again

We Need You to Hope Again

There’s a scene in X-Men: Days of Future Past that has always stuck with me. In a desperate attempt to save all mutant life, Wolverine travels back in time to change history. The leader of the X-Men, Charles Xavier, can connect with his younger self through psychic power and his connection to Wolverine. Young Charles has had a rough of it the past few years. First, he helped prevent a nuclear…

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10 Reasons To Use Inquiry Based Learning In Your Classroom 

Source:  wegrowteachers.com

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To Teach is to Learn

FTeaching in the traditional sense has been viewed as a one way street of knowledge transfer from teacher to student. In some cases, students have been so conditioned to be absorbers of knowledge and not active contributors of it. On the other hand, we encourage students to help their peers because if they know how…

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I love listening to audiobooks. I share my enthusiasm with teachers, parents, students, family members, and anyone else who will listen. Many rejoice right along with me in their merits. But, at other times, my enthusiasm is met with comments such as "That's not really reading, is it?" or "I won't let my students listen to audiobooks because that's cheating." Listening to books is certainly different from reading books, but is it cheating? Does listening to audiobooks count as reading?

Audio books can be used in the classroom to reach different groups of learners.  The article above describes the benefits of the audio learning method.  Check it out and consider it for your classroom!