Results: Urban (20 Stories)
Your eyes can deceive you. Don’t trust them.
Testing District, New YorkHigher & Adult Ed
Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. I need your help, Luke. She needs your help. I'm getting too old for this sort of thing. Still, she's got a lot of spirit. I don't know, what do you think? In my experience, there is no such thing as luck. Esc...
Topic: testing
Don’t underestimate the Force.
Testing District, ColoradoP-12Higher & Adult Ed
Don't act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren't on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you. No! Alderaan is peaceful. We have no weapons. You can't possibly… You are a part of the Rebe...
Topic: testing
Apple pie sweet chocolate bonbon
Testing District, GeorgiaP-12
Gummies cake donut jelly-o. Jelly beans powder donut cotton candy. Biscuit fruitcake bear claw. Pastry chocolate bar sweet roll tootsie roll toffee sweet tiramisu. Toffee jelly-o marshmallow ice cream oat cake. Powder cookie pie dessert apple pie dessert candy cheesecake. Icing lollipop icing. Tir...
Topic: testing
Bear Creek Middle School: Professional Learning for Effective 1:1 Implementation
Fulton County Georgia, GeorgiaP-12
Background Bear Creek Middle School—located just south of Atlanta, Georgia, in the Fulton County School District—just completed the 2nd year of its 1:1 device initiative, which provides over 1,100 students with new electronic digital devices. In December 2014, as the result of a Fulton Count...
Topics: 1:1 Initiative, digital citizenship, professional learning
Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School: Using OER to Scale High-Quality Personalized Learning
Brooklyn, New YorkP-12
Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School (LAB), a network of open-enrollment, college-preparatory, public charter schools in downtown Brooklyn, New York, is dedicated to serving the highest need students regardless of academic level, English language proficiency, or disability. LAB has leveraged its resou...
Topics: Openly Licensed Educational Resources, personalized learning
Clark County School District: OER from a Development Perspective
Clark County School District, NevadaP-12
Clark County (NV) School District (CCSD) is the fifth largest district in the nation, with over 318,000 students. CCSD was prompted to #GoOpen because the size of the district makes it cost prohibitive to purchase licensed software for mass distribution. With the goal of having 100,000 students in a...
Topics: #GoOpen, Digital content, Openly Licensed Educational Resources
Lawrence Public Schools: Team Approach to #GoOpen
Lawrence Public Schools, KansasP-12
With a focus on its Excellence, Equity and Engagement goals, Lawrence USD 497 has earned a reputation for offering students an exceptional educational experience. The district serves roughly 11,000 students among fourteen elementary schools, four middle schools, two high schools, and two virtual sch...
Topics: #GoOpen, Digital content, Openly Licensed Educational Resources
Columbus Municipal School District: From Textbooks to Tech
Columbus Municipal School District, MississippiP-12
The CMSD #GoOpen journey began about a year and a half ago, and was prompted by the realization that our outdated textbooks were no longer adequate to meet the needs of each student and to ensure that every student in our district succeeds. CMSD realized that not only did these textbooks fail to mee...
Topics: #GoOpen, Digital content, Openly Licensed Educational Resources
STEM Classes and Beyond
School District of Philadelphia & Franklin Institute, PennsylvaniaP-12
The Science Leadership Academy is a partnership high school between the School District of Philadelphia and The Franklin Institute. SLA is an inquiry-driven, project-based high school focused on 21st century learning that opened its doors on September 7, 2006. SLA provides a rigorous, college-prepa...
Topic: 1:1 Initiative
#Playdate at Professional Development
Chicago Public Schools, IllinoisP-12
Chicago Public Schools is the third largest school district in the US with over 500 schools and over 300,000 students. 86% of those students are economically disadvantaged. This event started in CPS and has grown internationally. The Challenge It is difficult for teachers to find time to attend fu...
Topics: professional learning, strategic planning
