What I Learned from my Pandemic Year of Learning
Remote learning. Before COVID’s pandemic year, I did not even know that was a thing. It wasn’t, really. Now, I
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The Dorset School
Nevermind the physics: it’s all about collaboration
Battle Physics hosts first multi-school tournament That is just what Allan Garvin and Becky Bushey did to raise the stakes
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(re)Building community
Breaking bread & stereotypes with formerly incarcerated Vermonters Food and community are inextricably linked. Birthdays, funerals, weddings, holidays: a meal
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Building a chicken coop at The Dorset School
How do you get fresh eggs on a school menu? Students at The Dorset School, in Dorset VT, did
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Evolving student roles in a big (BIG) PBL project
As Dorset’s coop dreams became a reality, students gathered new skills What does it look like to break one enormous project
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How to build a better (student-made) chicken coop
Applying NGSS to… chickens? At the Dorset School, in Dorset VT, the 8th graders know that fresh, farm-raised eggs taste
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Having the hard conversations in Southern Vermont
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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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Students themselves tell the best stories of their learning We wish we could hand you the one right way for
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Looking to try more student-directed learning?
Test the waters with “Genius Groups” Start by turning your class over to students. You heard me. Set aside classroom
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This week on the podcast: Rachel Mark traveled to The Dorset School, in Southern Vermont, to talk with educator Mandy
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Students create screencasts for student-led conferences Sixth graders at The Dorset School in southern Vermont are in their second year
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