At its best, education broadens the way students view the world and their place in it.
Photo;https://www.education.ne.gov/ When the current school year began, no one knew it would end this way. Now, schools across the country have closed amid a pandemic, many of which are closed for the remainder of the school year. As a result, teachers are devising creative long-distance lessons, students are learning from home, and parents have been …
Photo:https://www.compassionaterochestermn.org/ In these surreal times, with virtually everyone either under a stay-at-home mandate or voluntarily quarantining, daily life has taken on a completely new look and feel. In the process, education has not only been transformed into a long-distance experience but also now truly does take a village to undertake. Many students are learning on …
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Photo: https://blogcea.org/2016/01/25/cea-proposes-new-evaluation-guidelines-to-promote-student-learning/ Once upon a time, great learning took place in school. New concepts, developing creativity, designing experiments, and discovering talents were all part of the learning. This was “great” as in fun, not “great” as in big and boring. Best of all, students enjoyed the process, and teachers enjoyed facilitating it. Then along came …
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