WINCHESTER, MA, October 13, 2014 - The National Institute for Student-Centered Education (NISCE) today announced that it expects as many as 300 education reform advocates at INSPIRE 2014 later this month.The annual conference, now in its second year, unites education stakeholders – teachers, administrators, policy makers, parents, mentors and students – who collectively call for a more student-centered approach in K-12 education.This year, advocates from ten US states are traveling to … [Read more...]
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INSPIRE 2014 Mid-Morning Concurrent Sessions
10:45am–12:00pmSESSION A: Community Engagement/Development in Student-Centered Education SESSION B: Project-Based/Mastery-Based Curriculum in Student-Centered Education SESSION C: Brain-Based/Mastery-Based Curriculum in Student-Centered Education SESSION D: Leadership and Student-Centered Education SESSION E: Balancing the Common Core in Student-Centered Education SESSION A: Community Engagement/Development and Student-Centered Education Methods for building … [Read more...]
Flying Below the Teachers’ ADHD Radar Screen
The following blog post is contributed by Dr. Anthony Rao a nationally known expert in child psychology, and author of The Way of Boys. Dr. Rao will be a speaker at the INSPIRE 2014 Conference in October 2014.Getting noticed or standing out is usually a good thing, but not for American boys in school. Their diagnoses for ADHD continue to be too high. What drives this? In my practice, it seems to be coming from teachers. They don't realize it, but over the last few years they have been … [Read more...]
Standards, Not Standardization
The following post was contributed by Diana Laufenberg, and originally posted on Living the Dream, in December 2013. Diana is one of the Keynote speakers at INSPIRE 2014: Engaging Today's Students. I said this phrase, standards not standardization, in a conversation with the ever thoughtful, Jose Vilson… and he has brought it up with me a few times … which makes me think that I need to write through my thoughts on this and will then be leading a conversation on this same topic … [Read more...]
INSPIRE 2014 Conference Agenda
Complete details on the conference agenda can be found here. Check back often for regular updates or subscribe to receive updates by mail.Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Pre-conference Workshops 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Registration Opens 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Concurrent Workshops Thursday, October 23, 2014 Morning Program 7:15 AM - 8:30 AM Registration Opens 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Keynote Address Learning in a Networked World: For Ourselves and for Our … [Read more...]
The Science of Smarter Minds: Teaching to Think, Create and Innovate for School and Careers
NISCE is proud to be a part of the conference and will be exhibiting at this event in May. Come by and visit us.About the conference:A June 2013 report called “Recovery: Job Growth and Education Requirements Through 2020,” found that 96 percent of all occupations will require critical thinking skills. New Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards also stress critical thinking and creative problem solving. Research in the fields of brain, cognitive and mind sciences are providing new … [Read more...]
Engaging 21st Century Minds
For three full days, educators from our three schools did a deep dive into the latest research connecting brain science, technology, nature and learning. Attending the Learning & the Brain Conference in Boston, Shawn Brown (Seaport Academy Science Teacher), Dawn Crowe (Dearborn Academy High School Teacher), Mark Dix (Dearborn Academy High School Director), Stefanie Riegler (Dearborn Academy High School Teacher), Jenn Young (Lesley Ellis School Curriculum Director) and Sara Giffin (Lesley … [Read more...]
Neuroscience and Learning
At the Learning & the Brain Conference, November 15-17 in Boston, teaching professionals from around the world gathered to hear renowned educators and neuroscientists explore new developments linking the two fields. One such workshop, Common Core and Neuroscience, presented ways that educators are able to meet the pedagogical shifts demanded by the Common Core by understanding the newest research from neuroscience. Jay McTighe and Judy Willis, MD, M.Ed., combined forces, noting that … [Read more...]
What Lies Ahead in Education is Up to Us
The Future of Education Steps away from the Massachusetts State House, Strategies for Children, a non-profit advocacy and policy organization seeking to have a positive impact on young children and families, held a conversation reminiscent of NISCE Professional Conversations. The panel discussion was titled Education Reform at 20: What Lies Ahead and was supported by the Boston Bar Association. Panelists acknowledged the impact of the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993, noting that it … [Read more...]
Interview: Dr. Larry Myatt, Education Resources Consortium, Part II
Dr. Larry Myatt has over three decades of experience in education and will be the Honorary Conference Chair of the upcoming conference INSPIRE 2013. The founder and President of the Education Resources Consortium, and the co-founder of Boston’s Center for Collaborative Education, Dr. Myatt was also the founder of Fenway High School in Boston, a model small school for the nation, and its head of school for 20 years before accepting an assignment to advise Boston’s High School Renewal … [Read more...]
