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Project-Based Learning and Competency-Based Education Work Together at FlexTech: An Interview with an Educator

By blending project-based learning with competency-based education, FlexTech aims to provide a personalized path to graduation, meeting both academic standards and students’ personal growth goals....
  • Blended Learning, Online Learning, Student-Centered Learning

Three surprising benefits of holding structured check-ins with students (plus a free template!)

Looking to cultivate a more student-centered classroom? Try holding structured check-ins with students. You'll immediately start seeing these three key benefits....
  • Student-Centered Learning

Simulations, Visualizations, and Interactives: When to use them, why you should use them, and where to find them

Simulations, Visualizations, Interactive Applications and their place in education. Learning in the year 2022 looks vastly different than it did in the early days of education theory development. Education has evolved from the traditional one-room...

  • Student-Centered Learning

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

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

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

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

Why are schools making learning student-centered?

While the more traditional teacher-centered model of education does work for some students, it does not work for all....
  • Research, Student-Centered Learning
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Looking Ahead: How to Thrive in (and Beyond) the 2020-21 School Year

What steps can you be taking now to better prepare your students, yourself, and your school district for the future? When you think about the learning environment that your students will need, does it encompass...
  • Research, Student-Centered Learning
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Increasing Learner Agency Through Continuous Monitoring of Student Needs

Student-centered learning is about more than just putting students at the center of education. It is about giving each student the opportunity for success. It is about designing learning to be flexible and adaptable for...
  • Research, Student-Centered Learning
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Taking a moment to dream: How can we reimagine what ‘school’ looks like?

It might as well be the motto of 2020: Things aren’t going quite the way that we had hoped. . . Alright. Now, what can we learn from it? How can we do better in...
  • Student-Centered Learning

Competency-Based Progression: Designed for Student Success

As we transition into another school year faced with many uncertainties, maybe it doesn’t make sense to try and get back to “normal.” Maybe the need for learning continuity and remote learning actually provides us...
  • Research, Student-Centered Learning

How Implementing Voice & Choice Can Improve Student Engagement

Schools will look different this fall, there’s no doubt. However, the need to rapidly adopt virtual learning is no longer an emergency. We knew it was coming. So what can we do differently this time?...
  • Research, Student-Centered Learning
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Student-Centered Learning at Fraser Public Schools

Competency-based learning. Asking kids to do things rather than know things. Designing learning for all. Just some of the ways in which at Fraser, learning drives innovation....
  • Research, Student-Centered Learning
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Student-Centered Learning at FlexTech High Schools

Student-centered by design. Meeting kids where they are. Competency-based learning. Project-based curriculum. Just some of the ways FlexTech is giving students permission to choose rather than deciding for them....
  • Research, Student-Centered Learning
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Student-Centered Learning at Hamilton Community Schools

Flexible learning options. Standards-based grading. Blended learning, teaching, and coaching. Just some of the ways in which “Each Will Thrive” at Hamilton Community Schools....
  • Research, Student-Centered Learning

Student-Centered Learning: Catalysts for Change

Are there naturally occurring situations or circumstances in education that serve as catalysts, facilitating change and giving student-centered learning momentum?...
  • Research, Student-Centered Learning

Student-Centered Learning: The Impetus for Change

Student-centered learning isn’t necessarily a new concept. In fact, in one area of education, we’ve already nailed it....
  • Research, Student-Centered Learning
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An Inside Look: Student-Centered Learning at Alpena Public Schools

In a previous blog post, we defined student-centered learning in a theoretical sense. In this blog post, we get a glimpse into what a student-centered classroom looks and feels like in practice. Alpena Public Schools...
  • Research, Student-Centered Learning

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