How alternative teaching models can foster inclusive classrooms

The education of children with disabilities is a complex issue more than 30 years after "inclusive education" appeared for ...
inforum

Fargo Public Schools approves 2 new schools focused on self-directed learning, mental health

FARGO — The Fargo school board has voted to establish two new academic models or “schools” in the district — one prioritizing individualized learning and the other mental health. During its Tuesday, ...
inforum

Fargo Public Schools' Self-Directed Academy to add another grade next fall

FARGO — A new academic model that just finished its inaugural year in Fargo Public Schools will be expanded this fall. The Self-Directed Academy, currently offering grades six through eight, will add ...
Valley News Live

Update: Fargo School Board approves self-directed learning academy

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The Fargo Public School Board unanimously approved a self-directed learning academy at a meeting Tuesday night. School administrators have spent the year researching ...
Yahoo

A Surge of Parents Seeking Child-Centered Schooling Alternatives in Philadelphia

It was exactly six years ago that I visited Philadelphia and the surrounding area to see what was happening there in terms of schooling alternatives. I was in the thick of writing Unschooled, a book ...
JSTOR Daily

Extracting stages of learning habits from year-long self-directed extensive reading logs

This study focuses on the problem that the process of building learning habits has not been clearly described. Therefore, we aim to extract the stages of learning habits from log data. We propose a ...
Forbes

Microschools Go Macro And Provide More Learning Choices For Families

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Manno writes on education, workforce training, and career pathways. “Microschools aren’t so micro anymore,” writes Linda Jacobson ...
Times Higher Education

From ‘sage on the stage’ to ‘guide on the side’

In an ever-changing world where we can complete a Google search or watch a YouTube video to learn something new, postsecondary educators must do more than simply impart their discipline’s body of ...