Deeper learning : how eight innovative public schools are transforming education in the twenty-first century

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Educators have long upheld the virtues of learning by doing. Studies suggest that up to half of high school dropouts leave school because their classes are boring or irrelevant to their lives and aspirations, and from all corners echo laments about students ill prepared to take on the contemporary challenges of society. Still, the majority of U.S. Schools continue their attempts to engage some 50 million students through conventional methods such as lectures, note-taking, and rote-learning, all too frequently with dismal results. In Deeper Learning, Monica Martinez, an award-winning education strategist, and education sociologist Dennis McGrath offer a transformative framework for learning that has the potential to support the development and success of every student. Through captivating examples from eight diverse and innovative public schools, the authors chart the path to crafting flexible learning environments that meet the widely varied needs of individual students, while showcasing integrative, interactive, and project-based approaches that compel students to learn how to learn. These groundbreaking strategies range from (dis)orientation rituals that shake students out of their torpor, to student-led interdisciplinary projects on energy reform and poverty, to smart technology policies that carefully incorporate it into the curriculum. In the face of constantly evolving standards and measures, Deeper Learning shows how inspired, engaging education does not simply have to be the provenance of elite private schools and how all young people can become creators, collaborators, and critical thinkers.

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Educators have long upheld the virtues of learning by doing. Studies suggest that up to half of high school dropouts leave school because their classes are boring or irrelevant to their lives and aspirations, and from all corners echo laments about students ill prepared to take on the contemporary challenges of society. Still, the majority of U.S. Schools continue their attempts to engage some 50 million students through conventional methods such as lectures, note-taking, and rote-learning, all too frequently with dismal results. In Deeper Learning, Monica Martinez, an award-winning education strategist, and education sociologist Dennis McGrath offer a transformative framework for learning that has the potential to support the development and success of every student. Through captivating examples from eight diverse and innovative public schools, the authors chart the path to crafting flexible learning environments that meet the widely varied needs of individual students, while showcasing integrative, interactive, and project-based approaches that compel students to learn how to learn. These groundbreaking strategies range from (dis)orientation rituals that shake students out of their torpor, to student-led interdisciplinary projects on energy reform and poverty, to smart technology policies that carefully incorporate it into the curriculum. In the face of constantly evolving standards and measures, Deeper Learning shows how inspired, engaging education does not simply have to be the provenance of elite private schools and how all young people can become creators, collaborators, and critical thinkers.

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Introduction: Hope: eight reasons for optimism about the future of public education -- Connect: create a community of learners -- Empower: activate students to lead their own learning -- Contectualize: the subjects to each other and keep it real -- Reach: network beyond school walls -- Inspire: customize learning to motivate each student --Wire: make technology the servant, not the master -- Invest: designate learning as the new normal.