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The Essential Underpinnings Of Shifting to 'Modern Learning' | KQED

A white paper by Will Richardson and Bruce Dixon identify key ingredients to successfully implement needed change in schools, such as leadership, culture, communication and technology.

11 Essentials for Excellent Digital Portfolios

Guiding your students to get the most out of digital portfolios takes careful planning, and we have ideas to help you get started.

Creating Readers: The Power of Graphic Novels

Reading has always been a large and very positive part of my life. I am a reader and my reading life was formed during my early childhood living in a home surrounded by books. My parents are avid r…

Sukkah Structure Sundae: A Model of 21st Century Family Engagement

By Dr. Sarah Levy and Elana Shapiro While Jewish day school education has been proven to have significant impact on its students, study after study also shows the impact of students’ home life. What...

International Dot Day: On the Importance of Creative Learning

For the 5th year in a row, our students in grades K-5 celebrated International Dot Day. Originally launched by a teacher in Iowa when he introduced Peter H. Reynolds’ book, The Dot, this event is n…

The ‘No’ in ‘Innovate’

Selecting new initiatives is important for administrators and teachers—but so is refusing to take on too much.

Bilingual babies listen to languages — and don't get confused

Are two languages at a time too much for the mind? Caregivers and teachers should know that infants growing up bilingual have the learning capacities to make sense of the complexities of two langua...

Visible Thinking Routines Matrix | Prezi