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Author: Sarah Szurpicki

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Equity In Education Demands Innovation: What Now? Ep. 7 With Kevin Polston And Carol Lautenbach

Equity in Education Demands Innovation: What Now? Ep. 7 with Kevin Polston and Carol Lautenbach

  • January 7, 2021
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, What Now? Video Interviews
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If you ask students and families what they want from education, what do they say--and is our system providing that? Godfrey-Lee Public Schools is a district on the west side of Michigan that we've talked about before. They adopted the…

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Achieving Outcomes That Matter: What Now? Ep. 6 With Craig Carmoney

Achieving Outcomes That Matter: What Now? Ep. 6 with Craig Carmoney

  • December 17, 2020
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, What Now? Video Interviews
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The interview we’re releasing today illustrates the critical differences that result from choosing different measures for educational success. Craig Carmoney, who was recently honored as the 2021 Superintendent of the Year by the Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators, has…

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Purpose, Belonging, Value, Trajectory: Student Success At Midnight Golf: What Now? Ep. 5 With Dave Gamlin

Purpose, Belonging, Value, Trajectory: Student Success at Midnight Golf: What Now? Ep. 5 with Dave Gamlin

  • December 10, 2020
  • Sarah Szurpicki
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The part of this interview with Dave Gamlin, Executive Vice President of the Midnight Golf Program, that has stuck with me the most since we recorded, was his description of the layers of mentoring that Midnight Golf provides. We put…

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Critical Perspective And Engaged Learning At High Tech High: What Now? Ep. 4 With Dr. Sarah Fine

Critical Perspective and Engaged Learning at High Tech High: What Now? Ep. 4 with Dr. Sarah Fine

  • December 3, 2020
  • Sarah Szurpicki
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Some people watch Most Likely to Succeed, the 2015 documentary that showcases High Tech High's revolutionary approach to teaching and learning, and think, "Why can't my kids go to a school like this?" But I think the more common reaction…

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Guiding Students Toward Self-Actualization: What Now? Ep. 3 With Danielle Jackson

Guiding Students Toward Self-Actualization: What Now? Ep. 3 with Danielle Jackson

  • November 30, 2020
  • Sarah Szurpicki
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In the context of a global pandemic, what happens to the priorities of our education system? At U Prep Schools, reorganizing learning during the pandemic has meant centering and elevating existing priorities around human relationship and self-actualization. "Rather than taking…

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Upgrading An Outdated Education System: What Now? Ep. 2 With David Britten

Upgrading an Outdated Education System: What Now? Ep. 2 with David Britten

  • November 19, 2020
  • Sarah Szurpicki
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Just a few years before his retirement, superintendent David Britten knew that there was something our education system wasn't getting right. He felt then that, "I know what learning is about, but I don't know how to package that into…

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Announcing What Now? Video Interviews, Episode I: Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Announcing What Now? video interviews, episode I: Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

  • November 12, 2020
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, What Now? Video Interviews
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We're excited to announce our brand new video interview series, which will explore issues where the coronavirus pandemic helps us see things in a new light. What Now? asks: how should we navigate through this pandemic, and ensure a more…

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Relationships + Meaningful Work -> Engagement -> Learning

Relationships + meaningful work -> engagement -> learning

  • September 17, 2020
  • Sarah Szurpicki
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I’m pleased to refer our readers over to a recent opinion piece by journalism professors Andrea Gabor and Vera Haller at CUNY’s Baruch College in New York on what they learned during the spring’s quick pivot to remote learning. I…

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Remote Learning Projects At Out-of-School Programs

Remote Learning Projects at Out-of-School Programs

  • August 27, 2020
  • Sarah Szurpicki
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One thing we have learned as we’ve met with people across the state of Michigan about the need to reform education so that students are learning broad skills (we have adopted the 6Cs as the definition of those skills) is…

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Imagining, And Reimagining, Education

Imagining, and Reimagining, Education

  • August 20, 2020
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Talent
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I’ve been writing recently about both my family’s experience with remote learning this spring, and what's missing from our preparation for remote learning in the 2020-2021 school year. I hope I’ve made the point that remote learning deserves major investment…

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