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Bored Out of Their Minds

Jason

2017

Emphasis on standardized tests, fading novelty, lack of motivation, and increasingly regimented school structures contribute to a decline in engagement as kids progress through school.

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Nick taught social studies for 10 years in Iowa and has worked as a labor organizer. He is currently the Creative Director at the Human Restoration Project.
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Reimagining public middle schools in Western Michigan.
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Listening and learning from 400+ young people & educators.

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Eric is an English/Drama teacher at Sparhawk School in Amesbury, MA. He collaborates with artists, writers, actors, journalists, and other professionals to bring learning to life for students.

Power to the Students: Teaching Issue-Based Organizing

June 11, 2019

Why teach students to organize? I hear a lot about teachers “empowering” students. I always ask these teachers, “Cool, so what is your definition of power?”
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Making Progress on Progressive Education: First Empower Teachers

March 20, 2019

At the heart of progressive pedagogy are questions about student motivation: How can teachers best motivate students? How can schools best motivate teachers?
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Improvisation and the Transformative Potential of Play

March 8, 2019

Improvisational theater and its underlying progressive principles have the potential to transform school culture and reorient students and educators towards a more human and democratic approach to education.
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And the more we reinforce this narrative of learning loss, it invalidates everything you just said. Right? Everything that I know that I've learned doesn't matter. Because we're still looking at this year, people didn't measure up. We didn't learn the things we're supposed to learn so now you're behind. Right. So now you're behind, learning loss. And it's really invalidating.

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