Center for Teaching and Learning, Maine.

From PBS Newshour, USA. April 29th 2015.

‘World’s best teacher’ does not believe in tests and quizzes

April 29, 2015 at 6:15 PM EDT
For 25 years, Nancie Atwell has run a small, independent K-8 school in Maine, where the goal is not just teaching young students, but also teachers. At the Center for Teaching and Learning, the school day is driven by a simple motto: let kids have choices. Now Atwell’s work and philosophy have earned her education’s highest honor, the Global Teacher Prize. The NewsHour’s April Brown reports.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/worlds-best-teacher-believe-tests-quizzes

More opportunities for learner choice… Flexischools might find potential in some of the ideas here. Being able to influence other teachers via internships is also a powerful development worthy of consideration.

 

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