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President Obama On High-Stakes Tests

Summary: On March 28, 2011 at a town-hall meeting sponsored by Univision, President Obama responded to a question from a public high school student who asked if there could be fewer tests in school. President Obama responds... Read on...

Project-Based Learning: An Overview

Summary: In this 2001 Edutopia video, Seymour Papert, a distinguished professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discusses project-based learning (PBL). Interviews with students and teachers using this approach... Read on...

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Pushing Your Limits

Summary: Arielle, a tenth grader, says her school "makes me want to do more than what I think I can do." When teachers push her, they "help me to become something," she says, and when she gets to college, "I think I'll be... Read on...

Responsive Classroom Overview (videos)

Summary: What does Responsive Classroom look like in a school? See for yourself, and hear what teachers, administrators, and students have to say about being part of a school community that uses the Responsive Classroom approach... Read on...

Restorative Approaches to Conflict

Summary: This website provides an introduction to the theory and practice of restorative justice and how it can be used in schools with young people. Restorative justice "puts repairing harm done to relationships and people over... Read on...

School Climate Assessment Instrument

Summary: The School Climate Assessment Instrument, created by the Alliance for the Student of School Climate, is a broad assessment of school climate, including sub-focuses on physical appearance, faculty and student... Read on...

Self-Determination Theory surveys

Summary: Self-Determination Theory (SDT) is a theory of motivation. It is concerned with supporting our natural or intrinsic tendencies to behave in effective and healthy ways. There are several surveys related to education and... Read on...

Series on Meaningful Student Involvement

Summary: Meaningful Student Involvement: Guide to Students as Partners in School Change
Stories of Meaningful Student Involvement
Meaningful Student Involvement Research Guide
Meaningful Student Involvement Resource Guide

SERIOUSLY! the movie

Summary: SERIOUSLY! is a creative documentary about the power of play to generate and restore health and sanity to our world. Research indicates that our health, happiness, intelligence, creativity, adaptability, resilience, our... Read on...

Seth Godin: Sliced bread and other marketing delights (TED talk)

Summary: This is a TED talk by author Seth Godin, whose books on marketing, leadership, and the post-industrial revolution are key resources for organizational growth and movement building. From the YouTube introduction: "In a... Read on...

Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action (TED talk)

Summary: Leadership and marketing author Simon Sinek's TED talk complements the key ideas from his book Start With Why. He urges leaders, entrepreneurs and others to focus first on the "why" we do things before jumping to the... Read on...

Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! (TED talk)

Summary: In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can... Read on...

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Sir Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms (RSA Animate)

Summary: In this talk from RSA Animate, Sir Ken Robinson lays out the link between 3 troubling trends: rising drop-out rates, schools' dwindling stake in the arts, and ADHD. Robinson is a world-renowned education and creativity... Read on...

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Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? (TED talk)

Summary: Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures - rather than undermines - creativity. Robinson gave this talk at the 2006 TED Conference.

Slader

Summary: Slader is an academic community for students, by students. It is the first crowd-sourced approach to education online. Slader empowers students to shape their own educational experience.

SoundOut Student Voice Curriculum

Summary: The SoundOut Student Voice Curriculum is a collection of 27 lesson plans, a facilitator's guide, a student handbook and a planning guide designed to teach high school students about how they can become partners in... Read on...

SquareCrumbs

Summary: SquareCrumbs is a learning platform designed specifically for use on Apple's iPad. Leveraging technology built into that device, SquareCrumbs gives students and teachers instant access to information, answers, feedback... Read on...

Start Empathy

Summary: StartEmpathy is a community of individuals and institutions dedicated to cultivating empathy in the 21st Century. This website is meant as a platform to facilitate empathy learning in our schools and in our homes.
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Students discuss: self-directed, project-based learning

Summary: Part of the EdVisions Design Essentials video series, highlighting the use of the EdVisions Design Essentials in schools. Students from these schools discuss how self-directed, constructivist learning happens at their... Read on...

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Sustainable Schools Project

Summary: The Sustainable Schools Project is a dynamic new model for school improvement and civic engagement designed to help schools use sustainability as an integrating context for curriculum, community partnerships, and campus... Read on...