Topic: Learning Environments
Broadening Students’ Participation in STEM
The importance of STEM education can be seen in the growing number of STEM-related occupations in the United States and abroad. In fact, in the U.S., 80 percent of the fastest growing jobs depend on a mastery of mathematics and scientific knowledge and skills. In contrast, interest in STEM careers... Read the full article >
CEO Message: Seizing Today's Learning Paradigm
Welcome to the inaugural digital issue of The Source. For more than five years, AdvancED has been publishing the AdvancED Source twice a year for educational leaders around the world. With each issue, we have received accolades for the content, ideas and innovation presented by our authors. However, we recognized... Read the full article >
The Creation of One Learner Centric Learning Environment
Building a Culture of Trust The “system” was defined for me in a memo that I discovered in the desk that I had been given. There were just three items that were declared to be non-negotiable: we must abide by the school system’s employee contract, we must cost no more... Read the full article >
Transforming Schools through Expanded Learning Time
Orchard Gardens K-8 Pilot School (OGPS) opened in 2003 amidst much fanfare. Its $30 million building represented a large-scale effort to revitalize one of Boston’s poorest communities. But for its first seven years, OGPS was plagued by low academic performance and high staff turnover. From 2003 to 2010, Orchard Gardens... Read the full article >
Suggested Reading
Blogging in the 21st-Century Classroom Michelle Lampinen, Edutopia High school English teacher, Michelle Lampinen shares her initiative to expand her students’ writing through blogging. She built assignments around several objectives and encouraged students to incorporate other classes. Twenty-One Trends for the 21st Century: Out of the Trenches and Into the... Read the full article >
STEM Curricular Designs for an Information Age
When you visit a middle or high school science classroom, what do you see? You may see students working on tablets or laptops, a teacher projecting the latest NASA images on the interactive white board, or a laboratory filled with probes and other gadgets. Does this mean you’ve entered a... Read the full article >
The Heart: An Underused Tool for Digital Learning
“One of the enduring difficulties about technology and education is thata lot of people think about the technology first and the education later.” Dr. Martha Stone Wiske “The only feature that I am looking for in an #edtech tool iswhether or not it makes it possible for kids to change... Read the full article >
Reputation, Re-enrollment, Results
The late Stephen M. R. Covey, in his 2006 book The Speed of Trust, notes that in a high-trust ethos, everything is more efficient. Covey builds this theme throughout the book with the idea that leaders of organizations have the power, the responsibility and the ability to engender high trust.... Read the full article >
Confronting Barriers to Learning to Help All Children Succeed
It is a daunting challenge. Across the country, states, districts and schools are carrying out systemic strategies to revamp curricula and strengthen the capacity of teachers to implement Common Core State Standards. Educators must bring students from all backgrounds and differing levels of knowledge and skills to higher standards of... Read the full article >