Graphite Blog

MAY 9, 2018

" Founded in 2004 by a few Stanford professors including faculty director David Kelley , the d.School offers courses to all students at Stanford, no matter their major. In schools, design thinking complements inquiry- and project-based approaches to teaching and learning. Does it meet their needs? A tech product?

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MindShift

AUGUST 16, 2021

Up until about 1900, the American education system operated on a two-tier structure, with eight years of primary school followed by four years of secondary school. Arguments over how to create the best learning environment for young adolescents go back decades. A class of middle schoolers at Ashley Park PreK-8, in Charlotte.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 12, 2012

In the primary (elementary) and secondary (high) school sectors some can be conspicuous, because through various Teachmeets around the world, and also online during Twitter #edchats, they make their work known to the wider community. What inspires you most about learning? We are fortunate to have many innovators in education.

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Social Media Mobility Assessment Wiki 58

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2016

“Students who share racial and/or gender characteristics with their teachers tend to report higher levels of personal effort, happiness in class, feeling cared for, student-teacher communication, post-secondary motivation, and academic engagement.”. In a 2004 study of Tennessee third-graders, Thomas S. Photo: Timothy Pratt.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

This keynote was delivered today at the Irish Learning Technology Association's annual conference, EdTech2016, in Dublin. I’m not sure we talk often enough about technology-enhanced learning in these terms – as a political not merely pedagogical practice. The full slidedeck is available here. To devise new rules.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2016

Redcliffe leaders, in the long tradition of English nursery leaders, believe children learn best when they are taking the lead and exploring the world on their own, complete with the risks that independence carries like, say, a bump on the head from a wooden swing. Has universal preschool helped them make ends meet?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

Up until about 1900, the American education system operated on a two-tier structure, with eight years of primary school followed by four years of secondary school. Arguments over how to create the best learning environment for young adolescents go back decades. Related: What does ‘career readiness’ look like in middle school?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2016

Universities here have been allowed by the government since 2004 to set varying levels of tuition — at first, up to £3,000 per year, or $4,236, a maximum that has since grown to £9,000, or $12,708. say that there is also huge value in simply exposing youngsters in primary and secondary schools to college students. It’s soul-crushing.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2022

I learned way more than I ever wanted to learn about textbooks, and way more than I ever wanted to learn about Alabama politics,” said Robert Norrell, a former University of Alabama history professor and textbook publisher. The people who want to prevent people from learning about the past, they were very organized.”

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