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Integrating STEM in your classroom using the “Grand Challenges for Engineering”

What is STEM, and why should I be teaching it? STEM education has been gaining momentum since the turn of the millennium, largely because of the pace of technological advances and the rapidly changing job...

  • Research
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Time for Teachers: Importance of Distinguishing Systemic from Individual Barriers and Solutions

Educators often cite a lack of time as one of their most significant stressors. How can we help teachers find the balance necessary to feel satisfied in their jobs and meet their social and emotional...
  • Research, Social Emotional Learning, Teaching
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Teacher recruitment and retention in Michigan – Challenges and potential solutions

There is a teacher shortage in Michigan and across the country. Why is there a crisis? What can be done? This second post in a blog series on teacher recruitment and retention focuses on challenges...
  • Research, Social Emotional Learning, Teacher Recruitment & Retention
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Enter the matrix of competency-based education tools

What is CBE? Competency-based education (CBE) is a student-centered methodology of instruction that incorporates elements of constructivist philosophy, 21st Century Skills education, and flexible learning models.  It is fast becoming adopted by many learning institutions...

  • Research

How School Leaders Can Support Teachers in Making the Shift Toward Student-Centered Learning

Common themes emerged around the supports that school leaders have put in place as their district makes the shift toward student-centered learning. We hope their insights and advice provide some guidance for other school leaders...
  • Research, Student-Centered Learning
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Challenges (and Opportunities) When Implementing Student-Centered Learning Models

Shifting to a more student-centered learning model can and will present many challenges, but it’s also an opportunity to design learning differently....
  • Research, Student-Centered Learning
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School Leader Insights: Leading Toward Success

The School Leader Insights blog series provides school leaders with practical guidance and advice on how to develop and support digital learning programs within their schools and districts. Based on research and on-the-ground experiences working...
  • Leadership, Research, School Leader Insights

School Leader Insights: Shifting School Operations to Support Digital Learning

The School Leader Insights blog series provides school leaders with practical guidance and advice on how to develop and support digital learning programs within their schools and districts. Based on research and on-the-ground experiences working...
  • Leadership, Research, School Leader Insights

Monitoring Student Needs and Progress in a Student-Centered Classroom

In a truly student-centered learning environment, it really goes beyond just data. Teachers and administrators should look at the whole child, considering both their academic and non-academic needs....
  • Research, Student-Centered Learning

School Leader Insights: Professional Learning as a Catalyst for Change

The School Leader Insights blog series provides school leaders with practical guidance and advice on how to develop and support digital learning programs within their schools and districts. Based on research and on-the-ground experiences working...
  • Leadership, Research, School Leader Insights

School Leader Insights: Technology as a Foundation

The School Leader Insights blog series provides school leaders with practical guidance and advice on how to develop and support digital learning programs within their schools and districts. Based on research and on-the-ground experiences working...
  • Leadership, Research, School Leader Insights

A Competency-Based Approach to Student-Centered Learning

Creating competencies and designing flexible learning opportunities that allow students to demonstrate mastery of these competencies on their own pathway and at their own pace is one piece of designing a learning environment that is...
  • Online Learning, Research, Student-Centered Learning

Competency-based education in science

What is CBE? Competency-Based Education (CBE) is a student-centered methodology of instruction that incorporates elements of constructivist philosophy, 21st Century Skills education, and flexible learning models. Competency-based teaching methods differ from traditional teaching methods in...

  • Research

School Leader Insights: The Interplay Between Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

The School Leader Insights blog series provides school leaders with practical guidance and advice on how to develop and support digital learning programs within their schools and districts. Based on research and on-the-ground experiences working...
  • Leadership, Research, School Leader Insights
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School Leader Insights: Institutionalizing a Vision for Digital Learning

The School Leader Insights blog series provides school leaders with practical guidance and advice on how to develop and support digital learning programs within their schools and districts. Based on research and on-the-ground experiences working...
  • Leadership, Research, School Leader Insights
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Michigan Virtual Research on Online Learning in Higher Education

Research at the higher education level is well established and can provide valuable insights into online learning overall. It is important, however, to consider the unique needs of K-12 online learners as compared to adults...
  • Online Learning, Research

Making Learning Student-Centered: Providing Voice and Choice

We know that not all students learn in the same way. Why is it then that in the traditional model of education, we expect students to learn along the same pathway at the same time?...
  • Research, Student-Centered Learning
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Michigan Virtual Research on K-12 Online Teacher Preparation, Professional Development, & On-Site Mentoring

Teachers play a critical role in instruction regardless of if the instruction is face-to-face, fully online, or somewhere in between. Training for working effectively with remote students is critical now more than ever and should,...
  • Online Learning, Research

Competency-based education in mathematics

What is competency-based education? Competency-based education (CBE) is a student-centered methodology of instruction that incorporates elements of constructivist philosophy, 21st century skills education, and flexible learning models. CBE teaching methods differ from traditional teaching methods...

  • Research
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Teacher recruitment and retention: A snapshot of an ongoing crisis

There is a teacher recruitment and retention crisis in Michigan and across the country. Why is there a crisis? What can be done? This first post in a blog series on teacher recruitment and retention...
  • Research, Social Emotional Learning, Teacher Recruitment & Retention

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