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Community-based learning

sounding board at Hazen
Community-based learning 

Fostering a Sound Culture at Hazen: Youth Voices and the Sounding Board Project

June 17, 2021August 11, 2021 Sarah Keener 0 Comments

How can a school community emerge from isolation to reflect on individual and collective experiences from this uniquely challenging and

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a community conversation on race
Community-based learning Flexible Pathways 

Lessons learned from a community conversation on race

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Life LeGeros 0 Comments anti-racist education, social justice, systemic racism, Thatcher Brook Primary School

How do we effectively engage people in our community who aren’t already predisposed to discuss race and the impacts of

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Earth and climate change
Community-based learning 

Confronting climate change in the classroom

February 18, 2020April 29, 2022 Scott Thompson 0 Comments climate change, Global Youth Climate Strike

We’re not talking enough with students about climate change At least, many of us are not. At the Global Youth

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students at the Middlebury Youth Climate Strike hold up homemade signs
Community-based learning The 21st Century Classroom 

What I Learned at the Youth Climate Strike

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Audrey Homan 4 Comments
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On this episode of the 21st Century Classroom: Veronica: My name is Veronica, I’m 13, and I’m in eighth grade.

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Dorset students at Dismas House
Community-based learning 

(re)Building community

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 3 Comments cooking, Dismas House, empathy, restorative justice, social justice, The Dorset School

Breaking bread & stereotypes with formerly incarcerated Vermonters Food and community are inextricably linked. Birthdays, funerals, weddings, holidays: a meal

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compassion and empathy
Community-based learning Stories from VT Students 

How to create empathy with your community

June 13, 2018September 19, 2018 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments empathy, Manchester Elementary-Middle School

Meet the Compassionate Faces of the Shires How do your students recognize compassion? Do they recognize it in the faces

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who are we as West Rutland
Community-based learning 

“Who are we as West Rutland?”

May 23, 2018February 13, 2019 Emily Hoyler 1 Comment negotiated curriculum, West Rutland School

Community exploration builds connection What happens when you ask your students what they want to learn about and how they

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4 ways to jazz up an exhibition
Community-based learning 

4 ways to jazz up a school exhibition

April 25, 2018February 13, 2019 Audrey Homan 7 Comments Brattleboro Area Middle School, Burke Town School, digital guestbook, flipgrid, Google Forms, Manchester Elementary-Middle School, school exhibitions

Going beyond the gallery walk Exhibition season is upon us! And as you’re making ready to throw open the doors

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Humans of Burke
Community-based learning Real World PBL Stories from VT Students 

Developing empathy for your community

April 13, 2018September 19, 2018 Katy Farber 2 Comments Burke Town School

Meet the Humans of Burke So many schools operate in isolation from the very communities they are situated in. Do

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Refuse to Use
Community-based learning The 21st Century Classroom 

Having the hard conversations in Southern Vermont

January 17, 2018April 29, 2022 Audrey Homan 1 Comment The Dorset School
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It takes a village to talk about substance abuse with students Londonderry, VT-based non-profit The Collaborative is in its 14th

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community mentors Crossett Brook Middle School
Community-based learning Stories from VT Students 

The value of a community mentor

November 21, 2017September 19, 2018 Life LeGeros 0 Comments community partnerships, Crossett Brook Middle School, mentoring, mentors

How did an 8th grader turn his passion project into a summer job? I found Connor in the tech ed

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Community-based learning Innovative Edtech Classrooms 

Idle-Free Vermont in Shelburne

October 14, 2016September 18, 2018 Audrey Homan 1 Comment Shelburne Community School

8th grade scientists tackle carbon emissions at a busy traffic circle This past year, Shelburne Community School middle grades students

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making history on the radio
Community-based learning The 21st Century Classroom 

Making history on the radio with community partners

May 9, 2016April 22, 2022 Audrey Homan 0 Comments Brattleboro Area Middle School, community partnership, place-based learning, US History
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Middle school students power Brattleboro’s radio days Brattleboro, Vermont was incorporated back in 1753, a former military fort that embraced

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Community-based learning 

Community Based Learning in Vermont: What’s going on?

March 30, 2016April 29, 2022 Mark W. Olofson 8 Comments Act 77, community engagement, community partnerships, Montpelier High School, PBGR, proficiency-based assessment, proficiency-based learning, transferable skills, Vermont

4 lessons from a recent gathering On Friday, March 11, more than 50 participants from public and private schools, community

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