Prioritizing daily movement and experiential learning in Newark
Dillin, a seventh grade student at Newark Street School (NSS), had this to say about starting school with 30 minutes
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Flexible Pathways
Place-Based, De-Colonized Ecology in Middle School
Natalie Smith, a middle school science educator at Lyndon Town School, in Lyndonville VT, originally presented “Making Science Authentic: Teaching
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North Country Flexible Pathways
The fifteen year old boy slowly hobbled from the parking lot to the school’s main office, stopping to adjust his
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Lessons learned from a community conversation on race
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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Measuring the value of a personalized learning coordinator
Will schools really re-open this fall? And what will they look like? Most of all: how will we ensure that
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Hitting learning targets in Vermont hunter education
My twelve-year-old son is becoming a hunter. Myself, I’ve never even fired a gun, but Henry has been interested in
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Randolph students turn digital audio producers with PBL
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Flexible pathways in digital music We had a chance to hear from student digital audio producers at Randolph Union High
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4 ways twitter bots can help save the world
The Good, the Bad, and the Bot What does it look like when twitter bots work towards improving our world?
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Parenting a student-run business
There’s learning in the lemonade stand What might be your child’s first experience with business? That’s right: the lemonade stand.
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Turning passion projects into real world change
Public displays of learning are not always the end. How do you know when meaningful, relevant, personalized and authentic learning
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Students design digital badges
Badging growth toward goals’ attainment A small group of these 6th grades at Peoples Academy wondered how they could help
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Green Mountain’s Wilderness Semester
Take student learning outside Students at Green Mountain Union High School demonstrate learning in Science, Social Studies, Health, and Language
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Sharing your school’s Passion Projects
Does your community know you as a learner? Flood Brook School buzzed with excitement. Students brought in their projects on
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Race Against Racism VT
It all starts with an idea. Races Against Racism have taken place around the country, and last spring, a community
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4 ways students are tackling the UN’s Global Goals in Vermont
The United Nations has kicked off a movement for the future. They’ve identified 17 goals for sustainability world-wide, and they’ve
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Realizing the promise of micro-credentialing As teachers and students grapple with how to implement proficiency-based assessment, flexible pathways and personalized
Read moreHow to win the VT Tech Bridge Building competition
Standard 3-part story-driven post: 1) what it is, 2) what it looks like in a school, 3) how to do it in your school
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Flexible pathways in proficiency-based learning
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Read moreWhat are the benefits of taking Genius Hour school-wide?
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Read moreThe student-centered art classroom
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Mathew’s Y.E.A.R. at The Compass School
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Scaffolding year-end reflections At The Compass School in Westminster, Vermont, students advance through grades by producing evidence of their accomplishments
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