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Change the system in the right ways and many of the problems of poor behavior, low motivation, and disengagement tend to disappear. It can be the system itself that creates the problems.
There’s more room to make changes within the current education system than many people think. Schools operate as they do not because they have to but because they choose to. They don’t need to be that way; they can change and many do. Innovative schools everywhere are breaking the mold of convention to meet the best interests of their students, families, and communities. As well as great teachers, what they have in common is visionary leadership.
via What Happens to Student Behavior When Schools Prioritize Art | MindShift | KQED News
Teachers on Tech: Good for Student Learning, Bad for Student Health
Teachers on Tech: Good for Student Learning, Bad for Student Health
Positive climates do not just happen, of course. They arise from the practices and rituals implemented and encouraged within a school.
Table: 19 Behaviors Listed in the Positive School Culture Inventory
Showing pride in school
Collaboration
Organization
Taking pride in one’s work
Cooperation
Being prepared
Love of learning
Helping others
Using time wisely
Perseverance/resilience
Caring
Making good choices
Self-reliance
Kindness
Active listening
Leadership
Using appropriate communication
Making an insightful comment
Going above and beyond
via ASCD Express 13.14 – Focusing on the 19 Behaviors Most Essential to a Positive School Culture
The transition to personalized learning felt big, so I decided to start with something I knew was important for my students: developing autonomy.
Self-directed learning destabilizes traditional models of learning and that can be scary. I teach my students that failure is an opportunity for growth and that they shouldn’t be afraid to try new things, but sometimes it’s hard to take my own advice.
In reflection, I realize that the “at risk” label was hindering me from trying self-directed learning with my students, and it was stunting their self-confidence. By letting my assumptions get in the way, I came close to becoming another adult who was giving up on them.
I know every lesson I tweak and every new practice I use may not go smoothly, but encouraging all of my students to develop more autonomy is critical to their success so I owe it to them to try. My students need to practice being independent thinkers and learners like all other students, and they deserve to know what it feels like to take pride in their own learning.
via Why Self-Directed Learning Is Important for Struggling Students | EdSurge News
Math makeover: Colleges swap lectures for active learning
Math makeover: Colleges swap lectures for active learning
via Math makeover: Colleges swap lectures for active learning – CSMonitor.com
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis.
The aim of generational study, however, is not to succumb to nostalgia for the way things used to be; it’s to understand how they are now. Some generational changes are positive, some are negative, and many are both. More comfortable in their bedrooms than in a car or at a party, today’s teens are physically safer than teens have ever been. They’re markedly less likely to get into a car accident and, having less of a taste for alcohol than their predecessors, are less susceptible to drinking’s attendant ills.
Psychologically, however, they are more vulnerable than Millennials were: Rates of teen depression and suicide have skyrocketed since 2011. It’s not an exaggeration to describe iGen as being on the brink of the worst mental-health crisis in decades. Much of this deterioration can be traced to their phones.
A century-old pillar of the school system is under fire as schools look to modernize student assessment.
The purpose of education is not to sort kids—it’s to grow kids. Teachers need to coach and mentor, but with grades, teachers turn into judges.
The surprising thing Google learned about its employees — and what it means for today’s students
The seven top characteristics of success at Google are all soft skills: being a good coach; communicating and listening well; possessing insights into others (including others different values and points of view); having empathy toward and being supportive of one’s colleagues; being a good critical thinker and problem solver; and being able to make connections across complex ideas.
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