When less is more: How one small NH school is embracing...
The students in Lori Palmer’s 4th- and 5th-grade math class at Freedom Elementary School are up to something big, tiny as it may look.
For...
Welding contest highlights a red-hot career pathway
Like many young people approaching high school, Addison Kady wasn’t sure what he wanted to do with his life, but he knew what he...
What do our students need to succeed in the world of...
How can we prepare our children for life after graduation? What skills are the most important, and how can we foster them in students?...
School-business partnership is helping this student kick-start his engineering career
As a part of a partnership between Spaulding High School in Rochester and Great Bay Community College, students can earn a certificate in advanced...
Family, school, and community engagement can foster social-emotional skills in students
Social and emotional learning (SEL) enhances students' ability to succeed in school, career, and life. SEL has been shown to increase academic achievement scores...
How and why educators can teach the whole child through social-emotional...
We need to educate the whole child, by teaching skills for an effective life, according to educator Trish Shaffer.
Social-emotional skills, like awareness of self...
Capturing student learning and growth through competency and portfolio grading
As learning environments become more focused on group work to nurture high-demand skills--like collaboration, creativity, and problem-solving, one of the top concerns is how...
Are we designing learning experiences that are aligned with how the...
When we think of school, many of us picture a classroom with desks, a blackboard, and a teacher at the front of the room....
At Hinsdale’s Exhibition Day, real-world learning is on display
Hinsdale High School recently held their Exhibition Day, where students presented on the real-world learning experiences they had through their Extended Learning Opportunities (ELOs)....
Manchester schools highlight innovations in learning to national commission of state...
The National Conference of State Legislatures' Student-Centered Learning Commission visited several Manchester schools to observe innovations in learning first hand, like competency-based education, online...
