Don’t underestimate students’ ability to reflect on their own work
The benefits of reflection and goal-setting that student-led conferences provide valuable skills that go beyond the classroom.
Reflection and accountability at center of student-led conferences in Pittsfield
Pittsfield Middle High School uses student-led conferences to engage parents in students' self-reflection and goal setting.
NH leads the way, but competency-based ed is catching on in...
New Hampshire started its move toward competency-based education over 10 years ago. Most recently, school districts who choose to do it have participated in...
The 3 essentials of competency-based learning: progression, opportunity, support
Competency-based learning could hold the key to helping students succeed by using their strengths to show what they know.
Souhegan HS Teacher Jenny Deenik on PACE: Performance Assessment is a...
Jenny Deenik, a biology teacher at Souhegan High School, reflects on her work with New Hampshire's pilot Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE) program...
Commitment to 21st century skills at Sanborn Regional School District makes...
New Hampshire has recommended that schools make 21st century skills like communication, collaboration, creativity and self-direction part of the regular curriculum. Educators call them "work study practices" and many schools have woven them into their curricula. EdSurge looks closely at how the Sanborn Regional School District has done it.
In NH, internships help students connect academic concepts to the real...
The Hechinger Report, a national education news site, is doing a series on New Hampshire's community-school partnerships and how internships help students connect what...
All students can learn with personalized learning approach
A Rhode Island teacher explained personalized learning in a recent article for the Huffington Post:
When I began working with Nina, she was reading and...
Sanborn students bring lessons to life in amazing MacBeth performance
Sanborn Regional High School's Drama Troupe isn't only tackling one of the most popular and challenging dramas of all time, MacBeth: the students are...
Community engagement and student voice transformed this Pittsfield school
Pittsfield Middle High School has transformed from one of New Hampshire's lowest performing schools to a national model for school-community partnerships and student-centered learning....
