“But” she added, “technology is evolving in ways that require insight and an ability to communicate effectively.
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37. Language Arts and Technology as Media — Making Creativity a Companion to Cause and Effect
“I believe imagination is stronger than knowledge. Myth is more potent than history. Dreams are more powerful than facts. Hope always triumphs over experience. Laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe love is stronger than death.”
36. Subject Area Mastery — An Amalgam of Skills for 21st Century Challenges
The definition to focus on in this district is the knowledge of how our universe works put to practical use. Too many people believe technology is something electronic, magical, and mysterious.
35. Subject Area Mastery: Reasoning as Well as Performing
Maybe language allows for the exploration of subtleties and innovative ideas. But math is only a tool to explain or verify. It appears creativity is being pushed to the forefront of our district’s mastery statement.
34. Subject Area Mastery and Modifying Mindsets
The curiosity of young students is almost limitless. The challenge is to help them use observation and language to explore their expanding world, draw accurate conclusions, and describe what they learn.
33. Subject Area Mastery Statement and Foundational Discussions
The standards movement of the last three decades, with its patchwork approach to school improvement, made it difficult to succinctly identify a purpose for American public schools.
32. Impact of the Subject Area Mastery in Language Arts
These schools recognize that how to read, write, and mathematically compute is critical to everything else in the curriculum. These skills are essential to communicate and create. The ability to read, write, and calculate helps us become better citizens, family members, and workers.
31. Subject Area Mastery Statement – Structure for Discussion
A social dance we perform with each other until something unexpected intercedes. Or insight and reflection give us a different perspective. We authentically change our outlook and behavior because something in our brain is triggered internally.
30. Causing REAL CHANGE: Difficult and Exacting Work
For students to think deeply in applied circumstances, the curriculum in which they participate must give them time and opportunity to do just that
29. Controversies about the Subject Area Mastery Statement
Teaching and learning a more impactful and significant curriculum would mean changes in priorities and the techniques needed to meet them.
New Learning Infrastructure 