Topic: Learning Environments
Postsecondary Education: Every Scholar Needs a Skill
East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) in Mesa, Arizona has a saying, “Every Scholar Needs a Skill.” There is a short period of time while students are in the care of the public schools to prepare them for life after graduation. While EVIT contends that academic rigor is essential, it... Read the full article >
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Education, What are we Talking About? Jenifer Fox In this article published online in HuffPost Education, Jenifer Fox provides a walk through the history of education as both a tool for understanding today’s classroom, but also to encourage parents to understand more about the possibilities in education today. From There... Read the full article >
A New Way of Thinking: Schools as Professional Learning Communities
There is some good news about public education! We know more than we’ve ever known about successful school improvement. In fact, rarely in American history has there been such wide-spread agreement among researchers and practitioners alike regarding how to significantly improve schools. Increasingly, educators across North America are working to... Read the full article >
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How Systems Thinking Applies to Education Frank Betts Nearly a century of change has left schools playing catch-up, and it will take a whole-system approach to meet society’s evolving needs. Becoming a Learning Community Beth Buchler and Margaret Johnson Life long learning has taken on greater meaning as public schools... Read the full article >
Hericlitus and the Appraisal of Schools
Hericlitus, a Greek philosopher (ca. 535-475 BCE), believed change was central to what transpires in the universe. An expression often attributed to Hericlitus, although there is no record of his having written or uttered it, is that “everything is in a state of flux.” More than 2500 years ago, this... Read the full article >