MN set to clear roadblocks to heritage language teacher licenses
Legislators look to add new options for teachers to demonstrate competency in their home language.
View post »EE’s 2023 policy priorities
Where we see opportunity in MN education policy this year.
View post »Legislative session is done; what must be back in play next session
No education bill—for now. But these tabled items deserve another chance.
View post »MN education bills de-emphasize seat time, put focus on outcomes
Proposed legislation could spur MN schools toward more innovative, personalized pathways for student learning
View post »At Gatewood Elementary, serving students means looking inward (and heading outside)
A collaborative staff culture lets this MN school discover new ways of meeting student needs
View post »MN legislative session a chance to apply pandemic-era lessons
While politicians jockey over a record surplus, we hone in on education policy opportunities tailor-made for 2022.
View post »Key student-centered practice in a pandemic? None. Rather: a culture of adaptation.
Being student-centered isn’t a static “thing you do”, but an approach of continually adjusting—both for each student and school-wide
View post »What should accountability look like for student-centered learning?
Picture a mirror, not a hammer—helping answer objectively: How are we doing? Where can we improve?
View post »MN educators react to the new social studies standards
While the draft standards have sparked debate, teachers welcome the overdue shift to more equitable social studies instruction
View post »Stories as evidence: capturing unsung learning in immeasurable ways
How student-centered schools looked to narrative data to document student learning during the pandemic.
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