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Big Picture model part of alternative education push to improve Australia’s school system
In short: An alternative education model called Big Picture, which runs in many high schools across Australia, boasts a student-led curriculum and no exams. The stereotype ...
What are microschools? The small classrooms growing large in the school choice movement
An educational environment that is tricky to define and difficult to track, microschools have popped up as a growing alternative to traditional schools across the ...
AI accreditation for schools: Why innovative tech requires an innovative implementation framework
Accreditation emerges from industry-defined standards of quality. To earn accreditation, a school must produce evidence that it meets those standards. (Different accreditors use different language ...
The rise of ‘micro-schools’: Parents opt for alternative child learning amid public education concerns
Micro-schools offer students a small community as well as flexible schedules and assignments “A lot of micro-schools these days focus on project-based and experiential learning, ...
Student-designed 7th grade climate curriculum aims to bring joy, rigor
The developers of a new climate-centered, open source curriculum focused on land subsidence in California’s Central Valley promise the lessons for 7th graders will be joyful, ...
The Teen Brain – 10 minute short film
Teens say, ”Understand us!” The Teen Brain is a new 10-minute short film that explores what’s happening in the teenage brain, illuminating that teenagers are ...