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Books I finished reading (or rereading) in June 2025... Implementing Project Based Learning in Early Childhood, Sara Lev, Amanda Clark, & Erin Starkey (education) The First Book of Swords, Fred ...
The courage to innovate by Scott McLeod | Jun 21, 2025 | Equity, Leadership and Vision, Learning and Teaching, News and Events, Podcasts | 0 comments ...
Notes from the 2015 Iowa STEM Summit Social-emotional learning in middle school [NAESP] Project-based learning in early childhood [NAESP] Thinking about NAEP in Colorado and the Denver… My thoughts on ...
Recently I had the opportunity to appear on the Education Matters podcast with Jason Buccheri. Jason was an awesome host and we talked for a long time about deeper learning, models of organizational ...
Education needs more risk-takers by Scott McLeod | Jun 17, 2025 | Leadership and Vision, News and Events, Podcasts | 0 comments ...
Great or gimmick? AI chatbots that mimic historical figures by Scott McLeod | May 19, 2025 | Learning and Teaching, Tech Integration | 2 comments ...
Liz Garden, my co-Fellow for the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) Center for Innovative Learning (CIL), and I had a chance to talk with Holly Clark about the use of ...
I have read or revisited a number of education books in recent years as I’ve been visiting innovative, deeper learning schools all around the world. I could recommend many, but I keep returning to How ...
I officially wrapped up all of my school visits for my Deeper Learning in Elementary and Middle Schools (DLEMS) book project last week. I have seen some incredible schools the past two years and am… ...
[ISTELive 2024 starts this week so I am resurrecting three blog posts from previous years. Below is Blast From the Past (BFTP) #3 from 2013!] Here’s my guiding question for the ISTE conferenc… ...
Breaking news! A nationally-representative poll of more than 1,000 teenagers finds that… students are still bored. Here are some key findings: 64% of teenagers think that school is boring 70% of ...
Back in August I proposed the idea of a Social Impact elective course, a student-driven learning experience that leaned heavily into the Contribution item in Section B of the 4 Shifts Protocol. Since ...