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The Value of Military Schools

March 5, 2012 in Features Tagged: Approaches, Differentiated Learning, Relationships, Resources, Student-Centered Education

The Value of Military Schools

The value of a military style education for some students is well established and recognized by most educators. The inculcation of discipline, the value of giving oneself to a greater cause, the development of a selfless world view, the push toward excellence and achievement at a high level, all of these have great appeal and may be shown to be highly effective when paired with a population of students who are well equipped for this style of learning.Attempts have even been made to adopt … [Read more...]

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It’s Takes a Village to Be Student-Centered

March 1, 2012 in Best Practices Tagged: Approaches, Educators, Parents, Relationships, Resources, Student-Centered Education

“The kid in the back wants me todefine ‘logic.’ The girl next to him looks bewildered. The boy in front of medutifully takes notes even though he has severe auditory processing issues anddoesn't understand a word I'm saying. Eight kids forgot their essays, but onehas a good excuse because she had another epileptic seizure last night. Theshy, quiet girl next to me hasn't done homework for weeks, ever since she wasjumped by a knife-wielding gangbanger as she walked to school. The boy next toher is … [Read more...]

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Lady Gaga’s Foundation – Preventing Bullying Begins With Us

March 1, 2012 in Best Practices, Features Tagged: Bullying, Curricula, Mental Health, Resources, Student-Centered Education

Lady Gaga’s Foundation – Preventing Bullying Begins With Us

Dr. Richard Weissbourd, a member of the Dearborn Academy Professional Advisory Board, was featured in yesterday's Huff Post commenting on the importance of constructively addressing the problem of bullying.The article's focus moves from simply blaming the bully or inoculating our own children to withstand bullying or harassment. Weissbourd  recommends teaching our children to go outside of themselves by finding ways to care for and about each other.Dearborn Academy's Human Dignity Program … [Read more...]

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Accepting Alternative Education Practices

February 27, 2012 in Features, Policy Issues Tagged: Approaches, Differentiated Learning, Resources

Accepting Alternative Education Practices

There is tremendous variety in the many types of schools that are not in the mainstream of public education, but represent variations on traditional educational methods and models. A wide range of private schools, vocational schools, and exam schools offer programs geared towards students with particular interests and talents or parents who desire a different learning environment for their children.While many of these schools differ from the mainstream in the focus of their curriculum, the … [Read more...]

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Strategies for Overcoming the Pitfalls of a Traditional Classroom Model

February 22, 2012 in Features, Policy Issues Tagged: Approaches, Engagement, Resources, Student-Centered Education

Aclassroom can be lifeless and boring, or even downright dangerous. Students canbe highly disrespectful, uncooperative, unmotivated, threatening, even assaultive. Teachers can be woefully out of touch with even the best ofstudents, so that these students lose their motivation, at least for theduration of this class period. A standard classroom can be a dismal place forall concerned, or a place of excitement and challenge. However, theseenvironments can change.Take thefollowing movie clips … [Read more...]

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Films From The New Learning Institute

February 22, 2012 in Features, Resources Tagged: Resources

The New Learning Institute films look specifically at ways in which school leaders and educators are testing and proving project-based models for a new, student-centered model of learning.This collection—which includes profiles of school innovators David "T.C." Ellis, Jean Johnson, and Larry Rosenstock, as well as a profile of school architect Randall Fielding—explores collaborative, creative, multi-disciplinary approaches to engaging students. Each leader has developed personalized, … [Read more...]

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Using Technology to Drive Student-Centered Education

February 21, 2012 in Features, Policy Issues Tagged: Approaches, Engagement, Resources, School Design, Student-Centered Education, Technology

During a trial in the East Auburn Community School in Auburn, Maine, a group of students were “taught to read and write using an iPad” and “another group of students were taught the ‘old fashioned’ way, using a pen and paper, it was found that in every single literacy test, students using the iPad outperformed those who did not use the iPad by a significant margin” (TabTimes, February 2012).Noting this story is important to the expanded view of student-centered education, especially in the … [Read more...]

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Can A Child In India Teach You Something About Learning And Education?

February 17, 2012 in Best Practices, Features Tagged: Approaches, Curricula, Literacy, Relationships, Resources, School Design, Student-Centered Education, Technology

Can A Child In India Teach You Something About Learning And Education?

When most of us think about education we assume the presence of at least one teacher and one student. More often, we imagine a teacher and a room full of students, the classic and ubiquitous model with which we are all familiar. Who of us imagines a room with no teacher?One answer to that would be Sugata Mitra, an education researcher from India who has done remarkable work in an unusual line of thinking. Mitra has made it his business to investigate a very difficult question: What can be done … [Read more...]

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Self Teaching – Are you a genius yet?

February 17, 2012 in Best Practices, Features Tagged: Approaches, Curricula, Literacy, Relationships, Resources, School Design

Self Teaching – Are you a genius yet?

 A great deal of what we learn is self-taught. We learn through modeling, observation, trial and error, and pattern recognition, and we do all these things with or without the help of others.As evolving humans, this is what we do. As many philosophers of education point out, we are hungry for learning and will naturally develop many important skills and realms of knowledge with no more than the slightest nudge from those around us. In a very true sense, we are students of our world, … [Read more...]

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6 Perspectives and Qualities of a Student-Centered Educator

February 15, 2012 in Best Practices, Research Tagged: Educators, Relationships, Resources, Student-Centered Education

What defines a student-centered educator? Is it enough to know the book, to know the drill, to know the test, to know the system, to know what the administration expects? We think not. A student-centered educator will manage this while saving his or her best energy for observing, appreciating, and considering deeply the one unique learner who sits before him or her, hoping to be understood.What else does it take to be a student-centered educator?The following is a set of perspectives and … [Read more...]

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