The seminars are designed to help students learn about organizations that are doing cutting edge work internationally in the
field of educational innovation and to provide professional networking opportunities.
The article looks at how an increased emphasis on experiential learning has impacted student assessment, discussing how to measure the
impact of educational innovations.
A few years ago, I worked with a superintendent who was a virtuoso educational leader — an eloquent interpreter of her district's educational mission who cared passionately about student achievement and classroom performance and who was an outstanding
leader of educational innovation in her district.
Waiting for «Superman» offers powerful insights from some of those at the leading
edge of educational innovation, including: Bill and Melinda Gates, Geoffrey Canada, Michelle Rhee, Randi Weingarten, Bill Strickland, Eric Schwarz, Jay Mathews, Eric Hanushek, Davis Guggenheim and Lesley Chilcott.
Reimers» work focuses on the role
of educational innovation in fostering global competency and other 21st century skills and in identifying options that support teachers in helping low - income children succeed academically.
As a national cornerstone in the spheres of public and private education, one that has emerged as a leader in the South, the Sunshine State has become a popular destination for teachers who want to be on the
frontlines of educational innovation, and especially those who want to teach second - language learners, who comprise a rising percentage of the state's K - 12 student population.
I share his excitement about what he has found, but both of us realize, having seen the erratic and often disappointing
pace of educational innovation, that even if this new form of character - based education becomes popular, overburdened and under - supported teachers might have trouble making it work.
Seven months after the Kentucky supreme court held the state's entire school system unconstitutional, a task force is moving toward adoption of a comprehensive reform plan that, supporters say, could propel the state to the
forefront of educational innovation.
While many communities seem willing to cede the
cause of educational innovation to charter schools, CCE specifically partners with public school districts to negotiate opportunities for our MA PLN schools to innovate in the context of traditional districts.
For the last 15 years there have been numerous
attempts of educational innovation: the use of ICT in the classroom, the Bologna process for European higher education, quality, project - based learning, etc..
The reward, however, is that a newly local elected school board and locally appointed superintendent that directly authorizes all schools in New Orleans have greater buy - in and support from parents and community and that our city becomes an even more vibrant
hub of educational innovation and success.
With standards, as with other
areas of educational innovation such as new school reform models or a new curriculum, educator buy - in seems necessary for change to be truly integrated and sustained.
Green doesn't consider himself «anti-charter» and in fact supports charter schools as
incubators of educational innovation — the original idea behind the movement first articulated in the late 1980s by Albert Shanker.
Proponents see charter schools» freedom from regulation as a
source of educational innovation, while also providing competition that may prompt innovation and improvement in the rest of the public school system.
Waiting for «Superman» offers powerful insights from some of those at the leading
edge of educational innovation, including Bill and Melinda Gates, Michelle Rhee, Geoffrey Canada, and more.
And as an up - and - coming state in the sphere of private education, one that has emerged as a leader in the Midwest, the Land of Lincoln has become a popular destination for teachers who want to be on the
frontlines of educational innovation, especially those who want to teach underserved communities and second - language learners, who comprise a rising percentage of the state's K - 12 student population.