We hear from time to time that there's a conflict between John Hattie’s Mind Frame 2 (The belief that student success and failure are based on what they as teachers/leaders did or did not do), and student-centered or personalized learning. The thinking is that this
“SURN takes the competition out of education.” “I may be only one in my school system, but I am not alone.” “This has been the best ‘hands down’ professional development,” said the participants. These statements came from K-12 instructional leaders making an impact by working across school
One of the most confounding issues that schools face is the development of a common definition of progress. In many of our current accountability systems, we focus much more on levels of achievement (Advanced, Proficient, Basic, or Minimal) than we do on the progression of
Stonefields School is a newly established school in Auckland, New Zealand. It opened its doors to a richly diverse and multicultural group of learners in February 2011 and has embraced a future-focused approach to learning. The school has been fortunate to begin from scratch—to embrace