by Sydney Schaef | Jul 14, 2021 | Blog, Curriculum and Assessment Reimagined
This article was originally published in The 74 Million. It was a blue sky kind of day in Boise, Idaho. Kelly Brady, then-director of the Idaho Mastery Education Network, took the stage. Before a roomful of hundreds of educators, she began to tell the story of Idaho’s...
by Sydney Schaef | Jul 13, 2021 | Blog, Curriculum and Assessment Reimagined
Orignally published by Aurora Institute This summer, from June 27 – July 1, reDesign is convening approximately 100 content experts from diverse backgrounds and geographies to launch an effort to reimagine the K-12 content map. In this post, I share why and how we’re...
by Sydney Schaef | Jun 18, 2021 | Blog, Curriculum and Assessment Reimagined
By Sydney Schaef In an earlier post, my colleagues Jon Altbergs and Laurie Gagnon named the challenge of teaching all of the current standards in a way that is meaningful and authentic for students. In response, I’d like to share why and how we’re getting...
by reDesign | Apr 8, 2021 | Blog, Curriculum and Assessment Reimagined
By Sydney Schaef with, like, major contributions from Jon Altbergs Maybe you’re a total rock star at creating compelling questions that frame projects or units of study. In fact, maybe you’re so advanced, your students are framing their own incredible...
by reDesign | Aug 26, 2020 | Blog, Curriculum and Assessment Reimagined
While the goal is for all learners to have access to text and materials that represent, affirm, and sustain their diverse identities, it is most often not the reality. Often classrooms are limited in their resources and students are stuck with textbooks that are not...
